SRAM finger shifting?

camy151
camy151 Posts: 32
edited March 2011 in MTB workshop & tech
Just switched from rapid-fire to SRAM x5 shifters and I'm really struggling with the thumb shifting downwards, is there a SRAM shifter that allows finger shifting? 9sp shifters.

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  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    No.

    Either get used to it or sell the lot and buy shimano.
    Neeermad
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  • njee20
    njee20 Posts: 9,613
    No, relearn.

    FWIW, I couldn't get on with SRAM shifters at first, used them for a couple of seasons, now gone back to Shimano and still shift with my thumb all the time.
  • Andy B
    Andy B Posts: 8,115
    camy151 wrote:
    Just switched from rapid-fire to SRAM x5 shifters and I'm really struggling with the thumb shifting downwards, is there a SRAM shifter that allows finger shifting? 9sp shifters.
    In what way are you struggling?

    Did you fit new cables as well when fitting the X5's

    Only the very low end Sram stuff has finger style shifting (Sram SX) IIRC
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  • camy151
    camy151 Posts: 32
    I changed from my 15 year old cannondale m900 to a whyte 901 and the SRAM was spec,
    I keep trying to finger downshift and then remember and then end up pushing the hostler lever!
    I also now have lock out on my shocks and managed to do a loop of carron valley with the lock out on!
    I will just need to be a case of relearning!

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