Silver Shifters - Upgrade?

[Ben Mihovk]

Hey all!

I have an Atlantis w/Choco bars and run the Microshift SL-T09 in the Groovy Rivendell reversed style. It's a Riv build and they didn't have Silver shifters available when I ordered and I was a little sad about it. I have no complains about the Microshifts whatsoever, but I'd love some feedback from anyone who has experience with the newer Silver thumbies and the Microshifts. I'm tempted to buy a pair of shifters and mounts now that they're all in stock, but I'm not sure I really need to.

Essentially, other than looking cooler (which is, to be sure, a valid reason to change), is there any performance/usability advantage of Silver shifters? 

I appreciate your time!

Ben 

[Pat Smith]

Looks like one side sold out already :-/

Was thinking of replacing my Paul thumbies mounts with these for the adjustability. 

Oh well

Pat in DC

[Ben Mihovk]

Well...never mind! :)

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[Hetchins52]

Now both sides have sold out! In about 24 hours!!

Maddening….

[Joe Bernard]

To answer the question - and possibly comfort folks who missed out - in my experience the difference in feel/performance between Silver2 and the Microshift 9-speeders is not substantial. If you swap the Microshifts and use friction for both, the rear shifter (which was the front) ends up with a very similar power ratchet action. The front (which was the rear and could be indexed) is now switched to a pure friction which I think is smooth enough for the 2 or 3 rings you'll shift.

Conclusion: Silver shifters are nice (definitely prettier), Microshift is plenty good as well. 

Joe "in this reporter's opinion" Bernard 

On Friday, May 14, 2021 at 7:15:41 AM UTC-7 pbsm...@gmail.com wrote:

[Scott McLain]

I love the little red button on top of the micro shift shifters as well!