Originally Posted by
PDKL45
Speaking of the Soma Gator, I asked about experiences with them ages ago and a guy posted some pics of a gator with Rohloff twist shifter and ergon grips to another forum the other day. I can't see why regular old MTB brake levers and trigger shifters wouldn't work just as well.

The original sauce:
Jeff's Bike Blog
MTB levers and triggers would work very well on the Gator.