MicroSHIFT - backwards shift pattern??

[twain]

Hi all,
I've just finished building my son's bike and I slapped on a microSHIFT 7speed grip shifter. It works fine, but it shifts in reverse (i.e. when it's in 1st gear, the chain is on the highest gear sprocket (small cog) and vice versa).
Are these microSHIFT shifters all like this or have I done something wrong here...?

 

[twain]

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Bump??

 

[Raging_Bulls]

What rear mech are you using? Some mechs are reversed compared to normal ones.

From Sheldon Brown's site :

Most rear derailleurs are pushed by a spring toward the highest (smallest) sprocket, and the shift cable pulls them toward the lowest sprocket. Shimano "Rapid Rise" rear derailleurs ( XTR Rapid Rise, Nexave T400, MegaRange Rapid Rise and Tourney Rapid Rise )work the opposite way, springing toward the lowest (largest) sprocket. This system provides slightly better downshifting, but can be confusing to a rider who is accustomed to high-normal derailleurs. Either type may be used with any contemporary Shimano shifter, but if you use a low-normal derailleur on a shifter made for high-normal, the indicator numbers will read backwards, and you will have to shift in the opposite direction.

 

[twain]

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It ain't a rapid rise, it's a standard tourney rear mech....

 

[dyna-ti]

Wire wrapped aroung the shifter the wrong way :?

Sorry, all I can think of.

 

[twain]

Wire wrapped aroung the shifter the wrong way :?

Sorry, all I can think of.

Is that even possible? Not taken it apart for the faff it involves. But if I can't find an answer off here, I'll think I will take it apart...

 

[ishaw]

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I had a set of these. Never used them but I remember thinking the shifting was backwards to how it should be. No cables required to tell that, twist and ye shall see. Very strange!

 

[KermitGKona88]

If you used these with a rapid rise would it make everything the right way round :?: :?: :?: :facepalm:

 

[ishaw]

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I'd guess so. Snap up a cheap xtr rapid rise mech and give it a go......

 

[twain]

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Does rapid rise exist for 7 speed shifters?