figbat
Slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
I made a discovery today. Until recently I have always had Shimano groupsets - my 2012 Cube has Deore and my 2007 Kona has something similar. They have the trigger/thumb gearshift system. Then recently I got a Felt full-sus and it came with this new-fangled SRAM stuff. I quickly discovered that the shifting is different - you use your thumb for both rear mech shifts, up and down.
I’ve ridden the Felt a lot recently but the last couple of rides have been back on the Cube. I kept having to remind myself to use my finger for the rear mech upshifts. Then I forgot and went for an upshift with my thumb. And bugger me, it shifted. I had no idea that the Shimano triggers were bidirectional, after years of using my finger only. Am I the last to know this?! I just checked and the SRAM do not work both ways.
I’ve ridden the Felt a lot recently but the last couple of rides have been back on the Cube. I kept having to remind myself to use my finger for the rear mech upshifts. Then I forgot and went for an upshift with my thumb. And bugger me, it shifted. I had no idea that the Shimano triggers were bidirectional, after years of using my finger only. Am I the last to know this?! I just checked and the SRAM do not work both ways.