Originally Posted by TimB
been using Shimano XTR and SRAM x.9 on my bikes now for two years.
I prefer the XTR over the X.9.
also I prefer the Dual Control shifters over triggers but like Gripshifts so the X.9 is gripshift.
Under riding conditions:
The XTR dual control does not shift if you hit bumps if don't rest your weight on the levers. I can brake and down shift or upshift at teh same time while keeping my thumb wrapped around the bars for max control. Trigger shifter don;t allow this because you thumb is resting on a lever.
I'll keep my SRAM bike gripshift but the Dual control is where the ergonomics is at at this moment.
top kit that can;t be faulted, except by free ridy types who feel the need to continually break things to increase their cool factor
This is full of innaccuracies, X.9 is
not gripshift. The impulse shifters are easy to use with one finger. One finger on the shifter and one finger on the brake lever, peice of cake with the X.7/X.9. Save the dual control crap to the road folks. Freeriders breaking things to be cool is a bunch of BS as well. Because of our nature of beating on the equipment parts fail quicker than with pansy with xc where the biggest obstacle is a smallish bump and freak out because it can break the bike, stop, dismount walk bike over the small bump and continue on until the next small bump.