Almost all professional cyclists now use electronic shifters, which respond to digital signals from shifter controls on the bike's handlebars to move a bicycle's chain from gear to gear ...

Most bikes should be easy to convert ... you will be stuck in a single gear if the battery dies since the manual shifter is completely removed. As one of the oldest continuously used forms ...

Naturally, I went and tested this myself and I have been running at least one of my bikes as a shifter-less setup ever since. It makes for a clean aesthetic and simple operation. On my around-town ...

The Campy Thumb Shifter is back baby! Or at least it is coming back in these prototypes now being raced at the Giro ...

He finally hit upon the idea of creating a 3D printed bike shifter, and after an afternoon of engineering and printing, the shifter ended up working very well. [Rich]’s shifter is actually a ...

The only pro tip I will add from my own experience is, the night before you’re going to ride, make sure the remote and the shifter are fully charged up. Otherwise you’ll be stuck with just one gear, a ...

Today, bicycle drivetrains have never been more proprietary. In the days before indexed shifting, you could mix and match parts with ease. Your shifter didn’t care which derailleur you used ...