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  • All I can find is expensive or really cheap (mystery brand) is there a particular model I should look for?

    @Scilly.Suffolk I think you may be onto something but gf is not convinced... Having ridden hire bikes with grip shifts she is pretty convinced the within reach from her grips is ideal.

    I remember having thumbies on a mtb as a kid and didn't think they were too awkward, they were indexed though...

    Would old Shimano 6 speed thumbies work with the indexing on the right hand & campag rear mech, could just run friction for front of course... I don't understand all the different pull ratios etc or when they came about.

  • I've got some 6 speed gripshifters, but the front is also indexed and for a triple.

    They were hooked-up to a no-name RD, almost certainly Shimano spec, so I doubt they'd work with a Campag RD.

    You'd have to check cable-pulls: the Shimergo thread on CTC seems to be the go-to resource on such things.

    A Shimano RD is likely the least painful option, whatever shifters you use.

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