SRAM X5 shifters... possibly silly question.

[nirurin]

Ok, I have a new bike, and its the first I've had with SRAM shifters. Its a flat bar bike, with the X5 shifters, two triggers on each one for up and one for down...

So, the left shifter changes the front gear, big trigger changes up, little shifter changes down.

Right shifter ... little trigger changes up, big trigger changes down....

I didnt actually notice that the shifters were different to each other until after I took the bike home and rode it for a while. Might be a silly question but.. is this normal? Or has the bike been set up backwards on one of the triggers lol.

And if its wrong, how hard is it to switch it around?

 

[Mo1959]

Ok, I have a new bike, and its the first I've had with SRAM shifters. Its a flat bar bike, with the X5 shifters, two triggers on each one for up and one for down...

So, the left shifter changes the front gear, big trigger changes up, little shifter changes down.

Right shifter ... little trigger changes up, big trigger changes down....

I didnt actually notice that the shifters were different to each other until after I took the bike home and rode it for a while. Might be a silly question but.. is this normal? Or has the bike been set up backwards on one of the triggers lol.

And if its wrong, how hard is it to switch it around?

Perfectly normal. No doubt someone with a technical brain can maybe tell you why they are like that as I don't know.

 

[User33236]

That is correct. The big trigger pulls the cable tighter and the little trigger releases it.

On the front the derailleur defaults to the left under no cable tension and the rear defaults to the right, again under no cable tension.

 

[nirurin]

Ahhh ok lol. It just... I expected to remember like "big trigger up gear, little trigger down" lol. I'm sure I'll get used to it, to be honest I dont think I'll ever change the front gear unless I happen to meet a big hill

thanks guys, helpful as ever

 

[Phixion]

You should change your front gear when you get about half way down the rear gears to stop chain crossing. This is assuming you have a double up front.

 

[nirurin]

Yeh I have learnt this, as I noticed a rattle in certain gears due to the crossings. Is annoying as the 10th gear (high front, low back) was a comfortable gear to build up speed on. Am experimenting with things now.