Back to the grip shifter, did I make the right decision?
The Trek 930 Singletrack was originally
equipped with the 7-speed grip shifters in the 1990s
Today I'm going to replace the current thumb shifters
with this 8-speed grip shifter
Is grip shift any good? Instead of using thumbs and fingers
With grip shift, you twist the grip shifter with
your palm to shift gears, your fingers stay on the grip all the time
Twist forward to go high gears and
backward to go low gears
To set up the grip shifter, the brake
lever has to go in first, the grip shifter goes after it and takes
a portion of the grip, so if you are installing with a regular or lock-on grip
The grip has to be cut down first
in order to fit properly
I use a sharp tool like scissor to score the outside rubber of the grip
and then use a jab saw to cut down the inside tube
The fitment is great, next thing is to adjust the shifter