Sram gripshift as dropper remote

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Forgot to mention the most annoying thing you are going to do is spill your beer if its your dominant thumb that you lost.
You will go to grab it out of reflex and it will spit out from between your fingers and thumb :doh: still happens occasionally after 5 years you would think I would learn.

 

[Knuckles]

Is the Reverb the only dropper that works that way out of interest?

Yes.

Although "works" is slightly overstating things...

 

[thatsnotme]

Yes.

Although "works" is slightly overstating things...

Ha, tell me about it...although after my last one turned into a suspension post it was warrantied out with the new version that's supposed to fix reliability issues...so we shall see. Well, we shall see after I've loosened off the collar which seems to have been overtightened so the post sticks when returning up. How can these things be so damn complicated!

Good luck with the surgery bowtajzane, hopefully you're back riding in no time.

 

[bowtajzane]

Forgot to mention the most annoying thing you are going to do is spill your beer if its your dominant thumb that you lost.
You will go to grab it out of reflex and it will spit out from between your fingers and thumb :doh: still happens occasionally after 5 years you would think I would learn.

O'for the love of God.:doh: ....is there no justice in this wold..

 

[blacksp20]

Bowtajzane, I've got the HILO remote that madstace mentioned. I no longer use it, so you're welcome to have it. It looks exactly like the one on this page http://m.pinkbike.com/news/X-Fusion-Hilo-SL-Interbike-2012.html

Another option may be to use a brake lever from a kids bike. It may not be as neat as the 9point8 but it will work the same way and be much cheaper.

 

[bowtajzane]

blacksp20,thanks for the offer mate,ill keep it in mind

 

[Bikebasher]

thanks guys, the reason i asked is ,i cut/crushed half of my left thumb in the tailgate of one of the trucks at work, the surgeons reattached the soggy bit ,but unfortunately it hasn't worked so they need to remove it,so not sure how much length i will be left with.......
so this is just a bit of forward thinking........

We are in the same boat mate. Waterski rope pulled my thumb off a long time ago. With grafts, I have half a thumb, minus the knuckle. I can work the dropper but it's not comfortable or easy. We have to get this worked out. I like the gripshift idea. I wish you all of the best with your surgery. I found that shuffling cards was great PT. You will be back in the saddle soon.

 

[bear the bear]

We are in the same boat mate. Waterski rope pulled my thumb off a long time ago. With grafts, I have half a thumb, minus the knuckle. I can work the dropper but it's not comfortable or easy. We have to get this worked out. I like the gripshift idea. I wish you all of the best with your surgery. I found that shuffling cards was great PT. You will be back in the saddle soon.

Would something like this be easier to operate given your injury or the same issue?

https://www.wolftoothcomponents.com/collections/dropper-levers/products/remote-bar-centric

 

[beeb]

Would something like this be easier to operate given your injury or the same issue?

https://www.wolftoothcomponents.com/collections/dropper-levers/products/remote-bar-centric

Although I have a full thumb, I looked into a few different LH remote lever options for my Carbonda and ended up with one of those.

FWIW - I generally only use the (outermost) thumb knuckle to operate the lever. Works really well and has quite a light action. Can confirm it's important not to overtighten the clamping screw, but equivalent screws can be sourced from the local bolt shop. Drilling the old screw out was a bit sketchy though.

I did see some twist-grip 3-speed shifters available for sale that didn't have any spring/indexing that would work fine for a dropper, but then you'd generally have to run shortened grip to not have clearance issue with the brake lever positioning.

 

[Litenbror]

We are in the same boat mate. Waterski rope pulled my thumb off a long time ago. With grafts, I have half a thumb, minus the knuckle. I can work the dropper but it's not comfortable or easy. We have to get this worked out. I like the gripshift idea. I wish you all of the best with your surgery. I found that shuffling cards was great PT. You will be back in the saddle soon.

I know the price is high but an AXS dropper would be great for you because it's essentially just a button, has a very light action and no throw.

 

[bear the bear]

I know the price is high but an AXS dropper would be great for you because it's essentially just a button, has a very light action and no throw.

An expensive solution to the problem... but sometimes that is the best way

 

[Litenbror]

An expensive solution to the problem... but sometimes that is the best way

This is the way

Also no one mentioned new bike time yet.