Tested: 2008 XTR RapidFire shifters
Sunday, 20. January 2008, 02:26:38
Mountain Bike Action photo
From MBA: 'Gone is the limp-wristed shifting action, with soft-touch indexing that only a safecracker could feel at speed on the dirt. The new trigger's buff-aluminum thumb lever is treated with an etched surface for a secure interface The dual-action release lever is still a steel piece with a molded-plastic tip. The mechanism is neatly housed in a no-nonsense pod that fits below and alongside all major brake levers... I am absolutely impressed with these things.' More