Did you ever see the early GripShift (pre-SRAM) advert where they showed you all the parts in a first-generation STI shifter?
1992 Konas - why all thumb shifters?
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Did you ever see the early GripShift (pre-SRAM) advert where they showed you all the parts in a first-generation STI shifter?
No, I didn't. But like many, I opened it up to see what was wrong and instantly regretted it
Massive thumbie fanboy here.
I remember reading a pro's rides article in MBUK back in the day, that I think was about a Pace that could well have belonged to Brant Richards. They did a series with a one page spread of the bike and then an overview. It mentioned upside down thumbies. Being an impressionable teen I went and faffed in the garage for a good while. That man must have had thumbs like popeye, as they got quickly changed back again!
I remember reading a pro's rides article in MBUK back in the day, that I think was about a Pace that could well have belonged to Brant Richards. They did a series with a one page spread of the bike and then an overview. It mentioned upside down thumbies. Being an impressionable teen I went and faffed in the garage for a good while. That man must have had thumbs like popeye, as they got quickly changed back again!
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I think it was a marketing gimmic. Faffing around with indexing certainly doesn’t make you faster.
When I got a thumbie equipped bike ~15 years after the last one, I remembered why I hated them, especially over rough terrain.
When I got a thumbie equipped bike ~15 years after the last one, I remembered why I hated them, especially over rough terrain.
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It's a marketing differentiator.
Bin them and fit some nice GripShift.
Bin them and fit some nice GripShift.
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Did you also see the MTBs with Road handlebars on. What a daft idea that is.
Road Bars. Curly ones with funny brake levers. On a mountain bike?
It'll never catch on...
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Them's the ones, stupid idea.
At least they didn't stick them on 700c hybrid bikes, that would be ghastly.
At least they didn't stick them on 700c hybrid bikes, that would be ghastly.
Blasphemy!Other cynics have suggested the possibility of an overstock
You're right though
