Originally Posted by mingonn
Any comments on using rapid fire instead of grip shift? Visited the greenspeed recumbent factory yesterday and one of the techies said to use rapid fire if I could for better shifting, the only disadvantage I can see is the breakability of the levers.
I much prefer the trigger shifters over the grip. Personal preference, I guess. The SRAM X.7 stuff is very good. Shifting up is excellent, shifting down is not as crisp (don't know why). I bought all the components on eBay, didn't cost an arm and a leg.
As for levers breaking - they're tucked in under the brake levers pretty well. I can't forsee a scenario where they'd get clipped. Here's a photo of my setup...
The shifters:
The drivetrain:
The bike:
