Sensah / L-Twoo shifters or groupsets, anyone tried them?

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I am a little intrigued by these, from the videos and pics I've seen they look pretty good, if not perfect, and prices are very good indeed. The sensah seem to be a bit more established, and based on sram. I like the look of the L-twoo shifters, very similar if not an exact copy of campag shifters. Am most interested in the sensah reflex 2x7 road shifters in particular, but any experience with any of these makes or components would be useful!
 
I guess I'll be the guinea pig then... I just ordered a set of Sensah R7 2x7 levers from aliexpress, 53 euros delivered from europe, due to arrive 3rd Jan. Interestingly some of the older (2020) info I've seen online, and also some of the images in the official Sensah store say they are both 2x7 and 3x7 compatible. Will report back as and when...!
 
I saw that video, along with a few others. I've only ordered a set of shifters, and they just arrived! I only ordered them the day before yesterday! less than 48 hours to my door. Open and post some pics later today
 
And here they are! Nicely packed, and they appear to be very nicely made. Pivots are tight, no slop. The mechanism feels good, nice positive clicks. The shape feels good in my hand (I've never used SRAM levers, which I think these are based on, and the most modern Shimano levers I have ever used were 8 speed ultegra STI. I've used campag for years, unless just plain old brake levers. Certainly nothing this modern). The hoods have a nice feel, and also have several tabs on the inside that locate into recesses in the lever body, so they will stay put. I have to fit, adjust and actually use them of course, but for less than 50 quid I am very impressed! I plan on fitting them to the Yates with it's 7 speed deore DX and cantis. Will probably take me ages to get around to it, but I will report back...
 

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I've been using the 11-speed Sensah Empire group on my road bike for a couple of years now, works perfectly well, although I ditched the front mech for a Sram Force one, which has a smoother action & needs less movent to operate.
Also used the Sensah Ignite brifters on a gravel/mtb conversion, again I can't complain about the function, and I've had no breakages yet
I've previously used L-Twoo Mechs & shifters when doing up a mtb as well, and the shifts were super crisp, Sram-like.
I have to say I've got no real issues with these manufacturers, the quality is decent & getting better, functionally it all seems to work on par with Shimano or Sram mid to lower range stuff, and it's cheaper.
 
And here they are! Nicely packed, and they appear to be very nicely made. Pivots are tight, no slop. The mechanism feels good, nice positive clicks. The shape feels good in my hand (I've never used SRAM levers, which I think these are based on, and the most modern Shimano levers I have ever used were 8 speed ultegra STI. I've used campag for years, unless just plain old brake levers. Certainly nothing this modern). The hoods have a nice feel, and also have several tabs on the inside that locate into recesses in the lever body, so they will stay put. I have to fit, adjust and actually use them of course, but for less than 50 quid I am very impressed! I plan on fitting them to the Yates with it's 7 speed deore DX and cantis. Will probably take me ages to get around to it, but I will report back...


yeah but black levers...?
 
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