Quote Originally Posted by Becky View Post
Lots of good advice here, so I'll just add two quick things:

Pay attention to the amount of force required to grip the shifter in order to twist. I've worked with some customers with arthritis, and the ability to operate a twist shifter seems to vary greatly, depending on how their hards are affected.

Not all indexed left/front twist shifters have trim, and it makes them a nightmare to ride with or wrench on. The nice ones, IME, are "micro-indexed" and almost infinitely trim-able. Cheap twist shifters seem to be worse for setting up than cheap thumb shifters.

My 2 cents, of course.
Thanks Becky - if I go this route it will likely be a SRAM X9 twister for the front and an X9 trigger for the back, this is pretty high up the food chain for SRAM. I do know my LBS mechanics love to work on them as they are so easy to work with so that, to me, is a good sign. Will have to see what my hands think of them though - I tend to have more problems with my thumb and palms than anything, so will just have to see.