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Old 12-24-04 | 09:47 PM
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Bikes: 2004 Raleigh Talus, 2001 Motobecane Vent Noir (Custom build for heavy riders)

Originally Posted by PWRDbyTRD
I had the grip shifters on my old bike and I really dig these new rapid fire ones...they took me a while to figure out exactly how to use, but now that I have them I love them.

Exactly how I felt.

I had issues when climbing, that I would end up shifting my grip as I got out of the saddle, and would change gears, throwing me to the ground. After the second time, I said eff it and bought a set of rapidfires for my bike at the time (DB outlook, 7-sp Shimano Tourney)...at the least when that bike got sold, it was a pretty tricked out bike, since it was pretty much made trailworthy minus the fork.

However after my experience, I just dont like twistshift. Maybe if they chose to not make the shifter half the freaking handlegrip I might have thought different, I dunno.
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