Originally Posted by
ecnewell
Mechanics swear up and down that grip shifters are junk, but I never had an issue with mine (owned a Cannondale M300 with them for 8 years before it got stolen). Maybe I'm the statistical outlier, who knows, but I'd choose them again.
Grip shifters are indeed junk. When they stop working, there is mostly no alternative to simply throwing them away. You got lucky.