Originally Posted by
LesterOfPuppets
I had them on a very nice paramount mtb in the mid 90s and loved them.
Then after using rapid fire for 20 years, I wanted to try the new eagle drivetrain-but I detest SRAM push push shifters so switched back to Gripshift and it was eye-opening how intuitive and natural it was . So much so that when i built my dream bike this year, i couldnt afford to make the jump to AXS, so gripshift got the nod once again
If I were to venture a guess I’d say that the proliferation of grip shift on department store level bikes caused a lot of people to think the system must be inferior or something