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2000 ESP 7.0 Halfpipe
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Submitted by
Ace Freely
a Downhiller
from Canton, Ohio
Date Reviewed: May 24, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Silent Sports | | Strengths: | They shift gears | | Weaknesses: | They are too huge and suck when you are going downhills!! They shift on every big bump!! | | Similar Products Used: | Smaller grip shifts | | Bottom Line: | They suck! Avoid them if you can. They cam stock on my RM6 which is the only thing I didn't like about the bike! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Arvin Smee
a Cross Country Rider
from Annapolis, MD
Date Reviewed: July 17, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Bottom Line: | SRAM stuff sucks, but this doesn't seem to affect their sales. Who were the geniuses at SRAM R+D who first said, "I know, let's do something different from Shimano! Let's make all of our parts out of plastic so they are flexy and break easily. But we can't call it plastic.... Let's call it composite instead." Whatever you call it, it sucks. At the bike shop I work at, the stuff is refered to as Grip Shi*. Racers that I know who are forced to run the shifters because of their sponsors will sometimes break them on purpose so that they can replace them with Shimano's right before the race. This stuff just sucks. If you want something to last and function well, make it at of metal. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Cajun
a Cross Country Rider
from Dublin, OH
Date Reviewed: March 15, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Dublin Trails | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Purchased At: | Demo'd @ Northland Schwinn | | Strengths: | These things are all around terrible. Can't find any strenghts! | | Weaknesses: | First of all, the grip shifter is huge. My pinkie finger is the only finger that doesn't rest on the grip. In the first 3 seconds that I tested the grips it shifted gears when I didn't want it to. I only want my thumb and index finger to touch the shifting part. These grips come standard on my new Giant Warp DS 1. I wanted the shop owner to trim/cut down the grip to my hand size, but you can't; the entire inside of the grip is needed for the grips and the plastic insert to work. So now I have to put my older stuff on the new bike.
I also found alot of play in the rear shifter. Also, there is a huge amount of distance in between 9th gear and 1st. It's close to half the circumfrence of the grip. | | Similar Products Used: | CODA grip shift on Cannondale Super-V. Really I don't like the grip shift systems. I was going to give these AssRams a try, but not if I can't trim the length of the shifter back. | | Bike Setup: | 2001 Warp DS 1, Hayes HMX-1 Mechanicals, Marzoochi Z5. | | Bottom Line: | Don't get these if you plan to ride over any small (or big) bumps, hills, curbs, jumps, rocks, or logs. You will shift even though you don't want to when your hand jerks on the grip accidently. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bill
a Weekend Warrior
from Adelaide
Date Reviewed: March 14, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | As long as it is flat | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Light weight, precise shifts on rear derailluer. | | Weaknesses: | Ghost shifts were very very frustrating, front derailluer shifter is not precise and as a consequence can cause the chain to miss shift and jam in chain rings, ouch. End grips slide around. | | Similar Products Used: | Other gripshift short shifter products and shimano pods. | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale CAAD3, XTR/517 wheels, Rock shock suspension post. Half pipes came with original bike. | | Bottom Line: | I still can't understand why anyone would design a shifter which ghost shifts when you are under any form of stress. I have crunched a chain and nearly bent a rear cog because of this problem. The sram short shifters are a much better design.
In addition the front derailluer shifter creates a feeling of uncertainty when you are undertaking a shift while under stress. It is a hit or miss whether you are going to make a good change or not.
I changed back to shimano (LX and XT Der.) at considerable cost because of these failings. A great relief because one click and your in with both shifters.
I would only recommend the short sram shifters because of the weight savings, forget the half pipes they are a bad design concept because of the inbuilt ghost shifting feature. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dan
a
from Bethlehm, PA
Date Reviewed: March 13, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | South Mountain | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Quick presise shifts | | Weaknesses: | Halfpipe too long can cause unwanted shifts on technical stuff. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano rapidfire | | Bike Setup: | 2001 Warp DS1 w/ lots of upgrades | | Bottom Line: | Going from a rapid fire shifter to the gripshift was hard to adjust at first. Too many unwanted shifts in technical sections due to the half pipe grip. This problem is easily overcome with a hacksaw, some sandpaper to smooth out the rough edges,and some spacers where the gripshift meets the new grips. Looks good, can't tell it was cut,and elimanates unwanted shifts. I would reccmmend to just buy the sorty gripshift. I did not have this option the halfpipes came with my bike. After my personal modification i gith Sram a perfect score | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
pablo
a Weekend Warrior
from solana, ca USA
Date Reviewed: February 8, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | a dirt trail | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Included on bike | | Strengths: | Easy to know what gear your in.
Great for beginners and individuals missing digits. | | Weaknesses: | Accidental shifting occurs to much because the shifting part of the grips are to long. If you have to get off and walk because of a slip of the shifter, you'll be pissed off!
Also the ends of the grips don't do anything but slip off. | | Similar Products Used: | n-a | | Bike Setup: | Included on a 2001 warp DS1 | | Bottom Line: | P.O.S.
I am switching to a rapid fire system a.s.a.p. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ËrûptíõÑ
a Weekend Warrior
from Central Florida
Date Reviewed: August 20, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Santos | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Smooth shifting, light, good looking | | Weaknesses: | Half pipe is too long! I cant ride anything technical without unwanted shifts | | Similar Products Used: | Sachs | | Bike Setup: | Cannonadale Cad3 | | Bottom Line: | I have always liked the grip shifters but these things are just too long. I will either cut them shorter(if this is possible) or replace them with shorter grip shifters. Other then that they work great. Ride On | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt
a Cross Country Rider
from Altoona, PA, USA
Date Reviewed: February 23, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Ones with big ricks | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | fast, crisp shifting; 1:1 is good; 9.0 derailler | | Weaknesses: | takes a bit to get used to the halfpipe after riding regular grip shift, the little bit of grip at the ends keep sliding almost off | | Similar Products Used: | generic grip shift models, rapid fire shifters, index...... | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale Super V: CODA, SRAM, Headshock | | Bottom Line: | After switching to SRAM 2 years ago and using many of their lower end products on a number of different bikes and setups, this is their best product to date. Shifts seem to be more precise and faster. The 1:1 is probably to thank for that. The grip length took a little getting used to and the shorter amount of twist makes the rear one a bit too sensitive for landing jumps cause my big hands twist a little on the descent and landing. Other than that, these guys make Shimano a thing of the past. The rear derailler is some kind of plastic. I'd rather a slightly heavier metal one, but I haven't had any problems with it yet. We'll see how it lasts over the next few months. The adjustment barrels on the shifters are easy to use and are big enough for my big hands. Overall this is a good setup that keeps your whole hand on the bar at all times like any other g.s. system, but with much better shifting. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tucker
a Racer
from Waunakee, WI
Date Reviewed: June 21, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
To many to list! | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
long shiter grip for front and rear shifter,weight,esp, 1:1 shifting,looks,quality | | Weaknesses: |
the front shifter dosen't really need the halfpipe grip you don't shift the front enough to use it. | | Similar Products Used: |
sram 5.0, Quarz, 9.0sl, and Shimano XTR | | Bike Setup: |
Klein Attitude Comp Race Face, RS Sid, XTR, Sram 9.0sl | | Bottom Line: | This is a very sweet shifter I think that sram has really stepped up there quality of there lower end products up to the quality of the higher end Shimano stuff. All the 5.0 and 7.0 all work as well as some of the higher stuff. Some pro downhillers are using the 7.0 halfpipe for ther bikes now. I will admit it I am now a Shimano convert to Sram. I think that you all will be impressed with Sram's offerings for 2000! I can't wait till Sram has there new double spring shifter coming out it is still in prototype but we can look for it at the end of this year! Then Shimano will really be in trouble!!! All the Sram stuff is going to be Sweet for 2000 but there are using a lot of plastic on there derailleurs! But they do work well!! | | Overall Rating: |
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