shifters

has anyone replaced the twist grip shifters for lever type shifters? if so, are they better, worse? where did you find them? i had 2 surgerys on each hand and my grip and hand strength isnt to good some days better than others, not to mention for some reason always having hell with them,

 

I have paddle shifters on my Catrike 700 and twist shifters on my Corsa 650 and RANS Rocket. I recently replaced the Corsa's rear shifter twist cuz it was worn out and took a ton of torque to move it. Now they are relatively easy to move, but I can see the advantage of paddle/lever shifters if one has twisting motion issues. There's something to be said of silent paddle shifting vs the loud clicks of the twists. Twists may be more durable and look more "integrated", but I am leaning toward liking paddles more.

 

never heard of paddle shifters, i ended up ordering a set of bar end shifters off eBay i hope they work with my rear IGH, but if i know me and i do know me pretty good,i'll probably be collecting various types of shifters just to try out and have on hand, if you guys have any preferences or favorites or even suggestions im open, i'll probably go thru a few sets before i find one i like

 

I suppose the term paddle shifter is more usually applied to certain types of sports cars. More appropo for bikes (or in the case of my Catrike 700) would be lever bar end shifters. Either way they are a single-finger push or pull operation and less hand-stress than rotational twists.

 

Paddle and bar end are the same, Replaced twist shifters on KMX with bar end will never go back to twist just much more reliable

 

i just ordered the bar ends for my kmx, those twist grips just became to much of a hassle

 

As far as bar end shifters go Shimanos' are a step up over Microshift. I purchased Microshift 8 speed bar ends to replace the 25 year old Shimanos' on my old Haluzak. Turned out to be not really any better? Since I was running a new 9 speed chain I just went ahead and upgraded to all 9spd components. Got a deal on the Shimano shifters and they are sweet! Very crisp shifting, no free play like the Microshift. Don't get me wrong, Microshift stuff is OK, just not in the same league as Shimano, IMHO. YMMV! Cheers, MAC