Grip shift or rapid Fire

from_atozinc · 11-09-2014 3:05pm #1

hello

from a maintainance AND durability point of view, which is better ;grip shift or rapid fire ?

iwillhtfu · 11-09-2014 3:07pm

IMO Grip shift are ****e they never seem to align properly go with the quick fire.

Darkglasses · 11-09-2014 4:08pm

Rapid fire all day long

t5pwr · 11-09-2014 4:18pm

Rapid Fire

kenmc · 11-09-2014 4:27pm

do they even still make grip shift? rapidfire wins hands down

from_atozinc · 11-09-2014 6:36pm

Thanks. are all the answers from a maintainance AND durability point of view ?

rollingscone · 11-09-2014 6:51pm

from_atozinc wrote: »

Thanks. are all the answers from a maintainance AND durability point of view ?

Gripshift is cheap and nasty. Trigger shifters will go forever with the occasional cable refresh.

ednwireland · 11-09-2014 8:04pm

thumbshifters ftw;)

letape · 12-09-2014 9:27am

Grip shift for me - they definitely are not cheap and nasty unless you are talking about the cheapest of cheap low end models.

I'm using a 10 year old set of SRAM XO, 9 speed grip shifts and they have always worked flawlessly with no maintenance needed.

https://www.sram.com/sram/mountain/products/sram-xx-grip-shift

Mycroft H · 12-09-2014 9:35am

Thumb shift. Granted I've never used a high end grip shift but there is a 80s MTB in the shed andthe shimano thumb shifters still work 25 years later. Go figure.

oinkely · 12-09-2014 9:55am

gripshift would get my vote for the mtb. I use a 9 speed sram XO setup and it is just brilliant. Very easy to set up and very quick and easy to shift up and down the entire cassette.

from_atozinc · 12-09-2014 11:07am

Thanks. so just a note, my cycling style is just a short 3k cycle in and out of work and just for leisure at the weekends, so nothing too hectic at all ; )

rflynnr · 12-09-2014 11:16am

All things being equal, I'd favour thumbshifts but SRAM's gripshifts are very good. Although I haven't used them in years every set of Shimano gripshifts I ever had wore out within two years whereas the SRAM gripshifts on my triple tandem are now entering their second decade of use.

gnarbarian · 12-09-2014 2:42pm

I kinda like Gripshift for mtb and when I am on my road bike I like the thumb shifters.

Lemming · 12-09-2014 6:34pm

rflynnr wrote: »

All things being equal, I'd favour thumbshifts but SRAM's gripshifts are very good. Although I haven't used them in years every set of Shimano gripshifts I ever had wore out within two years whereas the SRAM gripshifts on my triple tandem are now entering their second decade of use.

I've still got an old school set of Gripshift SRT-500 (I think)s on what was my go-to MTB from when I was actively cycling. Granted, it's about a decade now, but those shifters saw several years worth of abuse and never failed once.

The new bike I'm picking up on Sunday has XTR rapid-fire shifters on it, so I'll give them a run to see how I feel about them before deciding if I want to go get some SRAM beasties to swap them out with.

Grip shift or rapid Fire

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