Originally Posted by
avidone1
With the XT shifter you get the two gears at a time upshift as well as downshift.
shifters that jump two gears instead of one?
Does this happen every time you click or do you have to do something different
You push one click for one gear, push a little further for two. Its a feature very useful riding single tracks with quick rise and falls and MTB riding. As you are cresting a hill and need less gear quickly, you can quickly jump through the gears. Some high end MTB shifters let you skip two or three gears. Same as if you are approaching a steep up grade, you want to grab more gearing quickly. Very useful when aggressive/fast riding. Not so useful for rail trails at a leisurely pace except for quick emergency speed changes say for a road crossing.