Timeline for Repair or Replace Shifters
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| Feb 10, 2021 at 14:46 | answer | added | Andrea | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 9, 2017 at 14:42 | comment | added | mikei | @Criggie - I agree with your assessment of grip/twist shifters but this is my wife's ride and she finds the rapid fire shifters cumbersome. Thanks for the input. | |
| Nov 9, 2017 at 0:36 | vote | accept | mikei | ||
| Nov 8, 2017 at 1:21 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | I work on a lot of used bikes with a wide variety of shifters. Twist grip shifters tend to be the least reliable and most difficult to operate, even when they're working. There are a few brands that are OK, but I can't name them. | |
| Nov 8, 2017 at 0:57 | answer | added | Batman | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 8, 2017 at 0:32 | history | edited | Argenti Apparatus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 7, 2017 at 20:06 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | Lazy/temp fix is to blast the pod shifter with solvent. Its gummed up with old lube that has hardened, possibly made worse by dust from MTBing offroad. Solvent to remove the old lube, let it dry, then re-lubricate. | |
| Nov 7, 2017 at 20:05 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | Grip shifters are a hallmark of a cheap nasty BSO bike. Why would you downgrade? | |
| Nov 7, 2017 at 19:20 | review | First posts | |||
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| Nov 7, 2017 at 19:18 | history | asked | mikei | CC BY-SA 3.0 |