Awesome article Andrew! Reminds me that I have a stock trials bike in my fleet circa 2006. I am still running a 2x8 with an XT short cage RD. Used to have cut off grip shifters with only the larger inboard ring with no grip part. Theory was less hanging bits to damage but they both eventually broke and i replaced with a shimano trigger shifter for rear and manual shifting up front! I run it in small ring mode for trialsin and middle ring for moving between session locations, bash ring on outside of course. Thanks for reviving the manual front shift idea in the context of modern NW rings. Sick!
March 15, 2021, 9:28 p.m. - Skeen
Awesome article Andrew! Reminds me that I have a stock trials bike in my fleet circa 2006. I am still running a 2x8 with an XT short cage RD. Used to have cut off grip shifters with only the larger inboard ring with no grip part. Theory was less hanging bits to damage but they both eventually broke and i replaced with a shimano trigger shifter for rear and manual shifting up front! I run it in small ring mode for trialsin and middle ring for moving between session locations, bash ring on outside of course. Thanks for reviving the manual front shift idea in the context of modern NW rings. Sick!