Grip Shift teardown

Grip Shift teardown No, Grip Shift is not a new assembly language operation. This article is about bicycles and mechanics. So what is Grip Shift? It's a kind of gear shifter I really like. Twist the handle and the gear magically changes: See how nice it is? Low profile, no parts sticking out, nicely conforms to the shape of the handlebars. Compare it to a trigger shifter: This looks like a piece of slag from a crashed spaceship. (This one even works about as well as a piece of slag.) Grip Shifts were (are?) popular on mountain bikes because you can keep a strong grab on the handlebars while changing gears. It's also nice that I can shift several gears in one smooth move (limitations apply). However this format also has some downsides. If you ever tried to open a jar with wet hands, you know what I'm talking about. The round shape makes it harder to turn the shifter when it's raining and the surface gets slippery. From personal experience, wrapping a sock around the rotating part…