XTR Thumbshifters ??

ferrus · Sep 23, 2013

I'm sure I remember seeing a pic of these BITD.
Did they ever exist, or have I just made it up/dreamt it! ?

Smithjss70 · Sep 23, 2013

I do not think so. You may have seen some XTs with XTR top caps or even some prototypes leading up to Rapid Fires but I'm pretty sure they were never commercially available.

john · Sep 23, 2013

AFAIK they never existed in any form - Shimano had long set the course towards STI before the M900 gruppo. That said would love to be proved wrong and see some super secret prototypes!

ferrus · Sep 23, 2013

yeah I didn't think they ever made production.
..definitely recall the 'XTR' top cap and seem to remember them being very nicely finished in M900 'titanium'... :?

Rampage · Sep 23, 2013

I think one of the magazines mocked some up but I've never seen / heard of any otherwise.
I'd agree with John that Shimano wanted to push their rapidfire onto consumers.

drystonepaul · Sep 23, 2013

They never existed except in Photoshop.

dyna-ti · Sep 23, 2013

This looks like the start of a project for somebody with a machine shop

Brief- To design and construct a working prototype thumbie. XTR quality. The type of thing shimano would have come up with.

merckx · Sep 24, 2013

XT is nice enough. they got them perfect imho

ferrus · Sep 24, 2013

a bit of googling has found this: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=11051
- seems someone's actually seen a set, whatever the provenance might be!

sinnerman · Sep 24, 2013

the closest you will get to my knowledge is a Durace shifter mounted on a clamp, Pauls Etc.

XTR Thumbshifters ??

ferrus

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