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02-01-12, 10:53 AM
Hi everyone.
I have a mtb with late 90s XTR m950-series components. The shifters are integrated with the brake levers and are underbar "rapidfire plus" with one trigger for the thumb and one for the pointer finger---common Shimano style.
The morning after a recent ride where everything went fine, I found that the right side shifter has no clicks from either trigger---it just moves without engaging the cable, or getting to an indent (click).
Any ideas? Pop it open and clean? They don't seem gummed up otherwise, and as I said, it happened suddenly. I'm going to check the cable head now.....but I was wondering if anyone had experience/ideas about these. I've always been more of an above-bar thumb shifter kind of guy :)
I have a mtb with late 90s XTR m950-series components. The shifters are integrated with the brake levers and are underbar "rapidfire plus" with one trigger for the thumb and one for the pointer finger---common Shimano style.
The morning after a recent ride where everything went fine, I found that the right side shifter has no clicks from either trigger---it just moves without engaging the cable, or getting to an indent (click).
Any ideas? Pop it open and clean? They don't seem gummed up otherwise, and as I said, it happened suddenly. I'm going to check the cable head now.....but I was wondering if anyone had experience/ideas about these. I've always been more of an above-bar thumb shifter kind of guy :)