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I am not so interested in weight savings but only in shortening the length of the twist grip on a pair of XO shifters to make it easier to use a one/two finger brake lever. Has anyone tried this?
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amillmtb
No, i just have my brakes moved out a little more so I can only get one finger on them.
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amillmtb said:
No, i just have my brakes moved out a little more so I can only get one finger on them.
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Listen to the man. This is the appropriate procedure, grip shift or not.
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morrisgarages
Was wondering how I can tune my X0 twisters too. On a weight saving purpose though. Anyone out there has any ideas on how to do this? I'm done with the clamping bolt-replaced it with aluminum. Anything else? Thanks guys.
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HotzKiss
I am having the same question as morris, my is the sram 9.0 SL halfpipe, would like to shorten or cut it down to the lenght of regular X0, any idea? Thanks in advance
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eliflap
take the rubber grip of a X.0 and cut what you don't need
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culturesponge
replace your steel or alloy mount bolts with an M4x20mm plastic. it works great + winds up plenty tight enough to hold the shifters tight to the bars.

eliflap's grip carving suggestion might save a few more grams, plus you could also perforate the grips with drilled holes or burn holes with a hot wire.

...also you could change out the hefty plastic cable adjusters, read somewhere here some peeps were using tune sl cable adjusters (i think).
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culturesponge said:
you could also perforate the grips with drilled holes or burn holes with a hot wire.
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Come on now, that's just crazy talk! :D
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JaLove said:
Come on now, that's just crazy talk! :D
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with coat hanger wire + molegrips, i did a similar thing venting kayaking shoes - just don't inhale the smoke!
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_daemon_
Ok but now from a weight saving point of view, apart from the normal bolts and so, how can you tune the twisters for weight savings?
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nino
Andy13 said:
I am not so interested in weight savings but only in shortening the length of the twist grip on a pair of XO shifters to make it easier to use a one/two finger brake lever. Has anyone tried this?
TIA
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you must have weird hands;)

no honestly-you should be fine with the standard lenght. I even moved my rather short Extralite Ultralevers inwards for best 1 finger actuation.

What would you achieve by shortening? do you want to use all fingers on y shorty lever? wthat's the only reason i see which would need any shortening. Maybe try to get the lever blade closer tot he grip first by some reach adjustement. I'd say this should be all that's needed.

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G-Live
Nino,
Are you an index finger braker..er...? I am a bad finger braker and keep my levers right up to my shifters. The best levers I ever used with my grip shift are the old Sram "plastic" levers. They even work well with Avid Mechs.

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