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Left-hand rear derailleur shifting with brifter?

Old 07-14-16, 04:00 PM
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Left-hand rear derailleur shifting with brifter?

I have minimal fine motor control in my right side, and was told that the right-hand brifter must control the rear derailleur on a bike I'm looking at (with Shimano 105). Has anyone with a one-side disability found a way around this?
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Well, the right hand brifter controls the rear derailer (different mechanicals in the right and left), you could possibly mount the right hand brifter on the left side, I don't think that there is a reason that it can't attach. The real question is if you can operate a right hand brifter with your left hand. I don't have a bike with brifters so I can't try it out.

You also might want to look into trying something like a barend mounted shifter - it makes no difference which side of the handlebar it gets mounted to.
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Also, there are products that mount a standard lever shifter on a brake such as these that might be useful:Shifters | Product Categories | Gevenalle
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