who's running grip shift?

[rock]

used to be a huge fan when it first came out, in fact I used Sachs powershifters after Jerome Chiotti came out of no where and won the 96 world champs........come to think about it, his Festina gloves should have given us a clue he was juiced.....

 

anyways whats the new sram grip shifters like now.......

[Li Mu Bai]

I use Sram X0, simply great, will never use anything else again...

[No Name]

Same here. Think that Grip shifts are the best things since sliced bread.

[Velouria]

Marius uses them - mixed reviews tough...

[ZeroPlay]

 

used to be a huge fan when it first came out' date=' in fact I used Sachs powershifters after Jerome Chiotti came out of no where and won the 96 world champs........come to think about it, his Festina gloves should have given us a clue he was juiced.....

 

anyways whats the new sram grip shifters like now.......

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I use SRAM Rocket Shortys (from 2004).  Brilliant!  Simpler and lighter than rapid-fire systems.

 

[AndreZA]

Also used the Sachs one in the 90s. Like the concept but cept on shifting when I pulled on the bars to jump. Have not used Sram yet as they are not Shimano 9spd compatible.

 

 

[ZeroPlay]

 

... Have not used Sram yet as they are not Shimano 9spd compatible.

 

 

Rocket shifters are (only) Shimano compatible.  My rear d?railleur is XTR and my cassette is Ultegra 9spd.

 

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=5720

 

 

 

[AndreZA]

... Have not used Sram yet as they are not Shimano 9spd compatible.

Rocket shifters are (only) Shimano compatible.  My rear d?railleur is XTR and my cassette is Ultegra 9spd.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=5720

 

That is interesting, thanks.

 

[Spinnekop]

Had the Sram grip shifts on.

They gave me a CRAP load of issues on the Epic, dust settling on the inside......

By day 4 I had to use 2 hands to shift gears.

 

Cleaned them when I got home again and they work fine again.....

But I am using the trigger shifters now.....no issues yet...

 

 

[amoryns]

stay away from grip shifters...when it starts raining and getting very muddy it is a bitch to change gears. will not use grip shifters again...SABIE X conformed me back to basics

[wildog_a]

I started riding gripshifts about four years ago when I broke off my XTR thumb paddle and we could not find a replacement... never looked back, except for a few months last year when I realised that it would be difficult to finish races Giant's Castle with a broken wrist AND gripshifts. I got goose-bumps when I heard a grip-shift on someone else's bike... erm, where were we?

Although a well-used X-0 shifter might not always be a crisp as well-tuned rapid-fire, the grip-shift allows you to trim your gears, making small adjustments when your drivetrain gets fouled up. Best illustration of this in action was the 2006 Cape Epic when most riders lost some gears, especially on Day 1. Mine still worked, no drama at all, and continued to work in the days that followed, as those who had not replaced their muddy cables worked the filth down to their rear derailleurs. Grip shifts do appear to have some advantages over shifters with semi-open moving parts on the bars in poor weather, as there is less opportunity for moisture and contaminants to get in. Mind-you, my brakes continued to work as well that year, so perhaps I was just lucky!

I have never had accidental shifts when pulling up on the bar - easily avoided by planning your cockpit and the length of your grips carefully. This may also require some thought about your choice of bars - without custom-trimmed grips, oversized bars don't leave much room if you are not very broad-shouldered. Initially we found the X-9 shifters worked better and more reliably for longer than X-O (with X-O rear derailleur) but since last year that has been sorted out. My X-O rear derailleur continues to be a source of happiness - looks beautiful and works well too!