Uplink, if you think lock-on grips are ‘the light’, it must be a very dim world you inhabit!
I’m gonna pop these new shifters on, inboard of my brake leavers. However, being the inquisitive sort, I might decide to try them t’other side of the brake leavers at some point, just to see. Then my contrary streak will get the better of me and I’ll probably move them back.
With a removable clamp, I can dick around with the minimum of fuss:-
1. remove old shifter
2. fit new shifter
3. move shifter
4. move shifter back
5. sit around scratching myself
Even with the shining beacon that is lock-on grips, with a non-removable clamp it goes something like this:-
1. remove grip
2. remove brake leaver
3. remove old shifter
4. fit new shifter
5. fit brake
6. fit grip
7. remove grip
8. remove brake
9. remove shifter
10. fit brake
11. fit shifter
12. fit grip
13. remove grip
14. remove shifter
15. remove brake
16. fit shifter
17. fit brake
18. fit grip
19. have nap
I take the point about not actually having to do it that often in reality, but my point is, we shouldn’t have to do it at all. It’s just an additional mundane chore that I can do without! I don’t buy the weight argument, it’s less than minimal in the big scheme of things.
Sram X9 you say? Will it wotk with an SLX rear mech? Don’t worry, I’ll search it…bound to have been asked about a gajillion times before!