Originally Posted by
RiddleOfSteel
Some trigger shifters are tough with their front shifting, others are fine. I find thumb shifters to be clumsy and tough to push if you don't want them ghost shifting (aka tightened down). If you knew how the Microshift stuff feels when its without cable, then you can perhaps try with some Shimano ones. My experience with Microshift is nearly zero as I trust a larger company that has proven they can make a great looking and great operating range of products (Shimano). Shimano trigger shifters are pretty nice, and I've come into contact with many of them (usually down range from XT/XTR).
This pretty much illustrates the divide.
Most people are fine with thumb-push shifting. A few of us absolutely hate it. And we haters cannot be convinced otherwise...
because we're not wrong. Pretty much, if you hate them on first shift, you're never going to not hate them, and the fact that lots of other people don't hate them is irrelevant to the fact that you hate them, and are not wrong to do so.
If you hate shifters that you have to push with your thumb, the only option is a shifter that you don't have to push with your thumb. Ironically, this usually means thumbshifters, which you don't have to shift with your thumbs.
--Shannon