SRAM 10-Speed Twist Shifters Spied! Gripshift is Back!
We thought we’d never see the day. SRAM has (un)officially brought back the twist shifters, and man, they couldn’t have picked a better platform to do it on.
Jaroslav Kulhavy’s World Cup winning Specialized Epic 29er was not only the first full suspension 29er to win a WC XC race, it brings back GripShift in a big way. Details are scant -nonexistent, really- but the pictures say enough. Click on through for a few more shots…
SRAM has invited us over to France for a little point-to-point riding in October with the teaser that we’ll be riding something totally new. Guesses are, this is at least part of it. The pics are a bit too small to see if anything else is new, but, you know, XX has been unchanged since its launch…
Weight weenies have been spotted using these third party twisters, and we’ve got a set of them in on testing, but it looks like you’ll soon be able to get the real deal.
Photos are from SRAM MTB’s facebook page.
Comments
The Revenge of GripShit!
awesome. i thought i was the last person running twisties. it’s tough to beat their ability to dump gears quickly when you hit a wall.
I had a talk with Stan Day about a year ago at a non-bike related deal where he spoke about how Grip Shift was born. I mentioned afterwards how it was interesting the icon was left out, to which he replied “keep your eyes peeled…we know”. Cool to see it come back to life.
awesome that its back! finally can upgrade from 9spd…
perfect! just in time for me to change from 9sp twisties.
what is Christian Bale doing with the bike?
HA! I’m so glad I didn’t go out and buy a boat load of 9spd Grip Shifters! This is good news.
Seriously BikeRumor? That was over a week ago. I noticed the gripshift as soon as I saw the race pics. Apparently everyone but you did too – http://forums.mtbr.com/xc-racing-training/kulhavy-new-world-champion-gripshift-735806.html. Way to go BikeRumor, you are surely on the leading edge of bicycle innovation. What’s the hot next thing, carbon fiber frames?
Hey Dave, please don’t write about how cool you are and how you are superior to someone else because you noticed. No need. Simply high-five yourself and go drink one of your wine coolers.
Well said, Craig. I haven’t the time of day for the sarcastic ones either. BikeRumor is a great website for cyclists. So what if a story is a few days old? If you read different newspapers you see the same thing with them. They all can’t be first with every story!
Yo Dave, if BikeRumor sucks so bad, why are you reading it?
Try a positive approach to life when you feel there are deficiencies, such as starting your own blog for things seen before anyone else.
I am still running 9sp until they release a 10sp gripshift.
Very very happy….was just waiting for it before I can go ten speed.
Cool! I can stick with SRAM now. I like Shimano’s Rapidfire-style trigger shifting more than SRAM’s, but I wasn’t keen on switching over to Shimano. Now I can stick with my fave and finally go 10-speed!! Woo-hoo!
To SRAM please make the 10 speed shifter as I only have one arm and this is the only way that I can shift through the gears
When are they coming out!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?