Shimano sucks. I don't really like trigger shifting that much.. but honestly I couldn't care either way. I have a bike with triggers and a bike with gripshifts and I honestly don't give a damn reguardless. But I like being able to downshift for a climb really quickly with Gripshift.. I can rip through the entire range of gears if I need to, which sometimes comes in handy on the wierd terrain we've got around here. Sometimes you'll go from a STEEP downhill to a STEEP climb within a matter of a couple seconds.. really wierd. I might try the triggers, who knows.