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On the other hand, the front derailleurs have different cable pulls, and you need the flat bar road shifter (one of these). … Or more simply, buy a friction shifter for the front and an index shifter for the back. A friction shifter is like 5 bucks for a thumb mounted one. …

The MRX twist shifters are 3x7 Shimano-compatible shifters, so you can use any 3x7 Shimano shifter set from the mountain-type group. … You may be able to find an old Shimano Acera or Alivio or Altus 3x7 shifter set if you look on Ebay or something. …

No. SRAM shifters (and regular Shimano shifters) don't have the right cable pull to deal with an Alfine hub. You need the Alfine shifters or ones marked to be compatible with Alfine (Jtek barends an …

You can basically use any 7 speed Shimano brifter except for 7 speed dura-ace (which had a different cable pull). All the 7 speed Shimano rear derailleurs (road/mountain) except of dura-ace have the s …

JTek also makes a bar end shifter designed for drop bars as well. … The travel agent's barrel adjuster really just tensions the cable between the travel agent and the shifter." …

So if you're running a triple in the front and a 9 speed cassette in the back, you want a 3x9 shifter set. … Microshift also make ones compatible with Shimano as well in the XE Marvo line (but I don't know anyone who has actually used a Microshift shifter on a mountain bike - usually its just their bar ends on …

The first thing to do is check the brifter out to see if its actually broken - maybe its just a cable broken at the brifter or inadequate cable tension or something. You can get your bike shop to chec …

(and as correctly as possible) and your chain+cassette aren't worn, then I'd start by replacing the rear derailleur (you may have developed a lot of play in it, and it is significantly cheaper than a shifter …

Back: All the SRAM rear derailleurs which have "exact actuation" (1:1 actuation ratio) should work. This includes the X5 and X7. You can run a "mountain" or "road" cassette, its pretty much just marke …

Note that these are cheap shifters, so if there is indeed something wrong with the shifter (e.g. you meant to say you were only hearing 5 clicks), you're going to have to throw it out and buy another one …

A friction shifter allows you to continuously move the derailleur. The point of this on a front shifter (the left) is to trim the front derailleur. …

Those look like a pair of Paul's Thumbies. You can also just buy bar end shifters and attach them to the bars as well. This will likely be a lot cheaper provided the bar ends fit in the bullhorn you …

When you upgrade shifters (provided you have the right compatibility), you're paying for (or trading off between): Lower weight More strength/durability Reliability In the sense that Alivio > Al …

The SRAM road derailleurs and road shifters you've selected should work together. However, the bigger problem might be that you need a 10 speed cassette (for which you'd have to look up the hub to s …

You can take any 7-9 speed Shimano rear derailleur and use it with any Shimano 7-9 rear shifter. And the Deore front shifter will pair fine with the Altus FD. …