How do the dual control levers work? I'm not keen on buying "new" technology. But in my case, I might have to...
STI levers
- Thread starter genpowell71
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They suck; get som rapid fires
Ripping something with nothing to back it up is lame. Those shifters work great if you dig the ergonomics of it all.
By pushing up or down on the brake lever the gears shift according to the type of rear derailleur you have.
They are definately not lame in my opinion.
I find them to work really well in pretty much all situations. I have not had any issues with shifting inadvertantly while braking. It did take awhile to get use to which way to shift but I don't think that had so much to do with the rapid rise derailleur as it did just being a completely different way to shift. They have also proven to be pretty durable. Both levers have taken a couple of decent shots with nothing more than some surface scratches. They are on my Heckler that gets used for pretty much everything.
Are they better than the old rapid fires..... I do like the rapid rise derailleur. I never could get used to one with the old shifters but with the new levers it wasn't an issue. They hold adjustment as well as the rapid fires. Even thought they are more exposed the durability seems to make up for that. I would go with the dual control levers over the rapid fires. The one area I'm not sure about is in DH. I think that if I was to run them I would probably leave the thumb shifter on.
The XTR brakes work really well as well. I have been using one resin pad and one metal pad (at a Shimano Tech guy's suggestion) that seems to work pretty well. Don't know how they work with v-brakes.
They are definately not lame in my opinion.
I find them to work really well in pretty much all situations. I have not had any issues with shifting inadvertantly while braking. It did take awhile to get use to which way to shift but I don't think that had so much to do with the rapid rise derailleur as it did just being a completely different way to shift. They have also proven to be pretty durable. Both levers have taken a couple of decent shots with nothing more than some surface scratches. They are on my Heckler that gets used for pretty much everything.
Are they better than the old rapid fires..... I do like the rapid rise derailleur. I never could get used to one with the old shifters but with the new levers it wasn't an issue. They hold adjustment as well as the rapid fires. Even thought they are more exposed the durability seems to make up for that. I would go with the dual control levers over the rapid fires. The one area I'm not sure about is in DH. I think that if I was to run them I would probably leave the thumb shifter on.
The XTR brakes work really well as well. I have been using one resin pad and one metal pad (at a Shimano Tech guy's suggestion) that seems to work pretty well. Don't know how they work with v-brakes.
They're going tto be on my next bike. Top Fuel 110. It would be quite costly to change to SRAM...besides, I ridden around in the parking lot on Dual Control stuff and didn't think it was bad...just different.
I think they AER tooo mutch like GS and shift when you dont want them to. Especially on bumpy trails. :nuts:Jeff 151 said:
AER=error?caputo1989 said:
Jeff 151 said:
AER=ARE