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brmeyer135:
Haven't heard too much about them...they seem mainly available through SRAM's XX1 or XO1 series.
I haven't ridden them...except an old huffy 3-speed back 20 years...
It would seem troublesome in a rock garden type situation...bouncing around, shifting up and down accidently?
Obviously, we all could get used to them, but as I described above?

325racer:
Haven't used them in 20 years myself, but I'm giving them a try on my in progress build. 

So no good insight from me....

carbonazza:
I never had a gripshift before my new XX1.
But after just 200+km, I would hardly come back to traditional shifters.

The gripshift is between my thumb and part of my index(that ends on the brake).

Changing the gears up to 3-4 steps is just a small mouvement of the thumb/hand.
Even on a tricky terrain.
The bar is still kept firmly enough by the other 3 fingers.
And my index stays on the brake.

One thing that a traditional shifter can't do, is jump in an instant from one side of the cassette to the other.
In both directions. I used it sometimes already.

Yeah, I'm a converted fan.
And this is probably very personal like many things on a bike.

Sussed.:

--- Quote from: carbonazza on August 20, 2014, 09:08:59 AM ---I never had a gripshift before my new XX1.
But after just 200+km, I would hardly come back to traditional shifters.

The gripshift is between my thumb and part of my index(that ends on the brake).

Changing the gears up to 3-4 steps is just a small mouvement of the thumb/hand.
Even on a tricky terrain.
The bar is still kept firmly enough by the other 3 fingers.
And my index stays on the brake.

One thing that a traditional shifter can't do, is jump in an instant from one side of the cassette to the other.
In both directions. I used it sometimes already.

Yeah, I'm a converted fan.
And this is probably very personal like many things on a bike.

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+1   ;D

Sussed.:

--- Quote from: brmeyer135 on August 19, 2014, 12:08:09 PM ---Haven't heard too much about them...they seem mainly available through SRAM's XX1 or XO1 series.
I haven't ridden them...except an old huffy 3-speed back 20 years...
It would seem troublesome in a rock garden type situation...bouncing around, shifting up and down accidently?
Obviously, we all could get used to them, but as I described above?

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I havent ghost shifted yet but I havent been through anything like a rock garden !  8)

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