S-Works Epic 29 carbon SRAM XX 1 grip shifter fail...

[Princess of Pain]

Has anyone had trouble with the SRAM XX1 grip shifter? Twice now it has failed on a climb...

[mtroy]

In what way did it fail?

[Princess of Pain]

It would no longer hold the gear. You could twist it and hold it in that position to hold the gear. Otherwise it would jump to the smallest cog on the back, i.e. the toughest gear to get up a hill! The first time it happened, I got a new grip shifter from SRAM. After 3 rides it happened again. The bike shop implied they had seen this before...

[CommuterBoy]

They still make grip shift?


...Kidding. I never liked the feel... but I did have an old one do the exact same thing in the early 00's. Thought it was a fluke? I maintained a fleet of bikes for a summer camp program, and they all had grip shift. They got abused...I only had 1 do this.

You'd think XX1 would be less likely to take a dump like that.

[Max24]

A friend of mine use that one and he is happy with it for what I know..