Originally Posted by
Little Darwin
I have recently moved to trigger shifters from twist shifters, and I don't think I will ever go back, but they did do the job for me for a long time... So, yeah, definitely functional, even if it lacks the bling factor.
Just went through this issue on my Bianchi. 17 years old. Old SRAM grip shifters original to the bike. Brought it in late last summer to have the bike serviced so my son could ride it. I even budgeted to replace the shifters with SRAM trigger shifters. Mechanic comes back and says, good news. The shifters are fine. Perfect, actually. So I replaced the grips with Ergon grips for a little bling, and left the shifters alone.