I absolutely positively despise revo/grip shifters, but the rapid-rise derailleurs work perfectly fine with standard 9-speed trigger shifters. On my hybrid I run a Nexave RR derailleur with a Sram Rocket shifter and it's like they were meant for each other (yes the numbers go in the opposite direction, if it bothered me that much I'd have just erased the 1, 3, 7 and 9 from the indicator window). On my Demo 8 that's now a city cruiser due to the typical 2005 model issue I got a Deore LX rapid-rise deraileur with a newer dual-release Deore shifter that don't even have any numbers on the indicator window from the factory so it could run either way without any confusion - and this also shifts great despite the fact the derailleur is worn at the pivot and can swing sideways quite a bit. To me RR is the only way to go for a bike that's being used in urban environment, it downshift so much faster and easier than standard systems which is godsend when coming up to an intersection where you gotta stop or slow way down. And I just found two NOS still in boxes Deore RR derailleurs for 30 quid each on ebay so I immediately bought the both of them - one is going on the Demo to replace the loose LX and the other is destined for the shelf till I have a need for it.