I hate, hate, hate, hate, Shimano Rapid Fire shifters. On keeper MTBs, I tend to stick with seven speed, LX, DX, or XT (depends what I have in the bin at the time). Thumbies are fine. Typical Shimano approach, take something simple and durable that works, and make it complicated and fragile.
Last edited by wrk101; 06-24-14 at 02:45 PM.