Why don't they...

Manc33

Why don't they have a front mech style clamp on MTB trigger shifters?

It would save sliding them on and off, past foam grips and bar ends. :roll:

Or it is some high end thing I am missing out on by not upgrading?

Wheelspinner

Manc33 wrote:

Why don't they have a front mech style clamp on MTB trigger shifters?

It would save sliding them on and off, past foam grips and bar ends. :roll:

Or it is some high end thing I am missing out on by not upgrading?

This.

Google "Shimano i Spec", "SRAM Matchmaker" etc and you will find just what you need.

:roll:

Manc33

I thought I-spec let you "overlap" brake lever clamps with gear shifter clamps. :oops:

Wheelspinner

They do, or at least it means you mount the shifters to the same clamp as the brake levers instead of having a separate bar clamp for them.

But they are a hinged clamp, so you can fit them without removing the grips etc.

cooldad

Manc33 wrote:

bar ends. :roll:

cooldad

But how often do you have to remove them anyway?

Chunkers1980

Not very and only when bar ends, grips and brake lever are removed in my case (minus the bar ends of course)

njee20

Wheelspinner wrote:

They do, or at least it means you mount the shifters to the same clamp as the brake levers instead of having a separate bar clamp for them.

But they are a hinged clamp, so you can fit them without removing the grips etc.

Thats not really what he asked though is it... If you have suitable brakes they lets you combine clamps, but it's not a hinted clamp for a shifter, no matter how you look at it! :roll:

The Rookie

Of course, a wrap round clamp with simple pinch bolt is stronger than a hinged and lighter and stronger than a split clamp solution, so which is best very much depends on your priority between strength, weight and convenience.

Manc33

Cheers guys, I really need to get off 8sp and onto 10sp.

One day.