Yeah, I had those on a fancy mountain bike for a while when I was still into that (next trail bike will likely be an Atlantis, so you can tell where my priorities are now). I didn't find them any better than trigger shifters, or even regular old thumb shifters, which are my preference now. I do have big hands so I guess normal shifters might be easier for me than for some people, but I don't have any trouble shifting with my thumb while holding on to the bar with the rest of my hand, so I didn't see any benefit to these. I went back to regular Rapidfires after they failed. I also took the thumb levers off of mine after a while and just shifted by pulling the levers up and down; the thumb levers seem like an afterthought and aren't too useful in my opinion.
Full disclosure, I also use downtube shifters on most of my road bikes and even a rod-operated front derailer on one, so obviously I don't care too much about shifter proximity to the main hand position. I currently have three off-road bikes, and the handlebar/brake/shift situations are as follows: - Flat bar, Avid Speed Dial levers, one SunTour thumb shifter and foot/manual front shifting (on a late 90s Nelson custom-for-someone-else hardtail MTB from Wales) - Moustache bar, Shimano 600 Tricolor aero road levers mounted a bit farther back than Grant advises, SunTour bar-cons (on a 1983 Stumpjumper) - Salsa Cowbell drop bar, more 600 tricolor levers, Shimano bar-end shifters (on a humongous free Bianchi Volpe that's been great for cyclocross) Josiah also in MT (Missoula) Le mer. 16 nov. 2022 à 19:43, 'Scott Luly' via RBW Owners Bunch < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> a écrit : > Oofff, I spaced including what these shifters are and a picture. My > apologies. > > I'm sure there are variants out there, but these particular ones are > Shimano XTR ST-M961 series. > > On Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 07:33:58 PM MST, 'Scott' via RBW Owners > Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > > First off, I know they ain't pretty. But has anyone given these a go? > > Coming from the MTB world I've never run swept back bars (confession) and > have always marveled at the different cockpit set-ups folks come-up with: > shifters and brake levers here, there, and everywhere. MTBing junky stuff, > I prefer my hands married to the grips and not searching for a shifter to > bang a gear or a brake lever to shed some speed. > > What makes these intriguing is that they are kind of a Frankenstein > brifter. The brake lever for braking, obviously, but also doubling as a > shift lever, up or down shift. The Frankenstein bit is the below the bar > integrated thumb-actuated shifter that on the right side down shifts > (unless you rapid rise reverse like I do) when pushed. As typical, left > side would up shift chain wheels. > > Part of why I find these intriguing from a set-up/build solution > perspective is because I once had a pair of Campy brifters on a road bike > and thought it was pretty handy being able to shift and brake with my hands > not leaving drop hoods. > > How did I get here? I'm on standby for a Gus and have been pondering > Albatross set-ups. For surfing city streets, gravel roads, or even > trail-bombing, it seems like these would be a nifty solution to all > controls being in a tiny package easily accessed from most used hand > position. > > Please, chime in on these and why you run the shifter/brake lever set-up > you do: here, there, or everywhere... > > Scott in Big Sky Country, as in Montana. > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f100601f-3e13-415e-acbc-68d514cb8af1n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f100601f-3e13-415e-acbc-68d514cb8af1n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1158977877.1068590.1668652997393%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1158977877.1068590.1668652997393%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CADqZWjM3J9v-HNQayVmRQ3_FHP3u%3DwFezE50yRT813YooQ4Krg%40mail.gmail.com.
