Best Bike Shifters
Right-side Acera SL-M310 Rapid Fire Shifter with cables and housing. Compatible with most mountain/hybrid bikes with flat handle bars. Rapid-fire dedicated up and down-shift levers; indexed speed indicator. Rear shifter for 7-speed (rear) cassette setup. Ergonomic design; two-year warranty. Right-side Acera SL-M310 Rapid Fire Shifter with cables and housing.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"My 10yr old daughter was having a hard time understanding shifting on her mountain bike with twist grips."
"If your old shifter, like mine, is integrated in with the brake, and a flange of metal from that old system may block placement of the new shifter. A hack saw will make quick work of that aluminum flange so the shifter can be positioned properly, and the brake and shift levers are now separate component."
"My child has fine motor and hand strength deficiencies, so there was no hope of him being able to use his gears with that shifter on."
"The grip shifter was so stiff he couldn't shift it on his own so we would have to stop on the trail and shift it for him."
"These are great, she was able to shift gears without any issues and they are perfect for her little hands."
"I needed to convert my combo shifter / brake assembly to separate brake levers and a shifter."
"Throw that hard to shift twist shifter in the trash!"
"My son did not really care for the grip shifters, so we upgraded to these Acera SL-M310 shifters and a Tourney TX-75 rear derailleur."
Shimano SL-TX30 TOURNEY 3 x 7 Speed Shifter Top Mount / Thumb Pair. Optical gear display for convenient verification of gear position.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I have several bikes these days and always use this shifter to replace an annoying or overly expensive older speed shifter. But when I needed a right 7 gear shifter "NOW" I found it has enough click stops and range to work as a surprisingly good 7 speed manual non indexed shifter ... it is well built, looks OK mounted on right side and worked better than most cheep shifters."
"I highly recommend this product to owners of older bikes whose dropouts can accept only hubs wide enough for 7 speed cassettes, are looking to shed some collective weight by upgrading the components, and have wallets that are a little on the light side."
"I got a creaky, rusty old Hard Rock off Craigslist that had "rapid fire" shifters. It's a great system IMHO - easier to make big shifts, e.g. in the case of a sudden loss of momentum."
"Cut off excess cable and crimp end cap on to prevent fraying."
"I recently bought a Specialized HotRock 24 Road bike for my 8 year old son. As an 8 year old, he just doesn't have the grip and hand strength necessary to move his bike into the big ring. I did wind up swapping the order that the shifters and brakes went back on the handlebars, but only because of a different form factor. The left side takes a little to get used to but the great news is, since it's non-indexed and you have a lot of room to play, you can work your front derailleur and eliminate chain rub. Normally, when my son was in his middle chain ring up front, he would get rub on gears 1 and 7 on back."
Shimano's ST-EF65 Brake Lever / Shifter Combination offers precise and consistent shifting performance with an ergonomic shift / brake lever shape. Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"A set of cable cutters is a must, I used Avenir Cable Cutters Avenir Cable Cutters."
"If you have a good frame, this combo can make your bike feel like a new machine, highly recommended."
"Also if your brake pads are old, go ahead and install some new ones. Then you have new brakes, new shifters, and all new cables."
"i couldn't have gotten better shifters."
"these include the shifter cables, but not the brake cables."
"The old grip shifter had to go."
"You use the trigger on the left side to down shift the front but, you have to use the thumb lever to down shift on the right side for the rear. I never really thought about this with grip shifters but, now that I have, they work oppositely too."
Best Bike Shift Levers
Mountain Bike Shifter Maintenance Methods: 1, Daily Maintenance: Wipe the shifter. Then drip the lubricating oil into each transmission shaft point.Tension wheel and guide wheel can be washed with kerosene after remove. Sold as one pair; 3 speed left and 8 speed right, 24 speed total.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Recently, a shifter cable broke, which is just a part of general maintenance, and has nothing to do with the shifter, and I decided to replace them because the windows in which you view the gear was becoming cloudy due to sun and sweat."
"on a whim I bought a second bike, a specialized comfort bike with 7 speeds...no front derailleur with a trigger shift and with the flaired hand grips. you can't modify the trek grips due to the twist shifters, therefore this shimano product."
"Great upgrade for my aging Shimano gear on my 16 year old Gary Fisher hard tail."
"I added new brake cables too and the bike shifts and stops like it is brand new."
"Needed to replace old shifters on my MTB."
"Product arrived on time and was as described."
"These were purchased as a replacement for collision-damaged OEM shifter assemblies on a TREK Verve 3."
"Wrecked and broke parts of mine."
Best Bike Shift Cables & Housing
Shimano has spent countless hours researching and developing shift cables and housing that will optimize the performance of their shifters and derailleurs. Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"The housing isn't long enough to replace both the front and rear cables."
"Worked well however you do need special tools to cut these."
"great quality cables and housings."
"No longer have to kick rear derailleur with right heel to aid in shifting."