[Closed] Swapping shifters to RH/front LH/rear

Why?

Why on earth would you want to do that, apart from the obvious?

Don't even think Euro bikes have them wrong way round, like their brakes.

*watches for replies with a keen but casual interest*

The cable routing is actually better on my Whyte T120 with them this way round. Doesn't bother me. It's not dangerous, like swapping the brakes would be.

Er, seriously ?

Gripshift would work

Brakes are the 'wrong' way 'round in Europe but the gears, to my knowledge, always stay the same.

Seriously? No, I'm a complete retard and utter novice mountain biker with no idea how to set up a bike and very odd ideas about what constitutes a good idea or not. Thank you.

You could find some thumbies and mount them under the bar.

Friction thumbies would work too as they don't rely on indexing.

I honestly don't know if they're made, but I thought I'd ask.

Is there the option to cross your cables over under the down tube?

It's what I do on my road bike; the right hand, rear derailleur cable exits from the bar tape on the right hand side and goes to the left hand cable stop on the down tube, and vice versa.

The guy in the bike shop thought I would wear through the cables and die, but I haven't yet...

Yeah there is and they were like that when I bought the bike second hand but they are rubbing the frame and each other, like you say. They rub through helitape! Actually the frame is scored, but I didn't notice when I bought it.

Can't be done. Won't work with 10 speed Grip Shift as the LH shifter only has 2 clicks, not like the old ones.

Acros hydraulic shifters can be set up like that. A Di2 hack could as well potentially, or as said thumbies. That's about it. Very odd request purely to improve cable routing 😕

Actually if the problem is cable routing and the proposed solution would fix it then it's a perfectly logical request. But hey, you're welcome to your opinion and thanks for the technical roundup.

Seriously? No, I'm a complete retard and utter novice mountain biker with no idea how to set up a bike and very odd ideas about what constitutes a good idea or not. Thank you.