Originally Posted by
PatTheSlat
You can find non-indexed grip shifters, but they're generally pretty low quality.
Some people hate to take a hand off the handlebar,
unless to answer a phone call or text.
Oy, I picked up a mid 1990's Specialized Hard Rock, and the ratcheting front grip shift shifter sucks. Clicking all over the place to trim it.
Originally Posted by
squirtdad
I would go for thumb shifters......simple, clean, work well. Look for vintage niceness or just go cheapy sunrace
Originally Posted by
squirtdad
$12.00 for these
http://store.velo-orange.com/index.p...-shifters.html and put on a modern ramped tooth freewheel and you bet a) hands on bar shifting b) really smooth and easy (adding the modern freewheel makes huge difference in shift ease and qualiyt.... I run a 1x8 setup with sram cassete...just light pressure on the thumbie and you have shifted, bit more work for a front derailer...but you could even go 1x8or9 and simplify more
) Win, win, good budget, happy wife.
Those Falcons are cheap, I bought a set, but haven't used them yet.
Low end Shimano Tourneys are indexed, a perfect application here, $17.73 a pair. They're foolproof, work okay, and look spendy. I used these to replace gripshifts on a Multitrack 700 with 3 X 7 Deore. Feels like a push button automatic transmission!
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0055W6IHC/...glink126694-20