http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: Grip Shifter hole - Recent Topics en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:18:59 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12297#post-143760 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 21:51:27 +0000 HankChief 143760@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Looking for some advice from those of a more technical persuasion...</p> <p>I've just bought my son a new mail-order bike. When I came to take it out of the box I spotted a hole in the Grip Shifter</p> <p><a href="http://flic.kr/p/ktiEX4"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5513/12779771913_2e5ff17000.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://flic.kr/p/ktiL5Z"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2816/12779789193_160b42780f.jpg"></a></p> <p>This didn't look right to me so I fired off a email to the technical department. This is the response</p> <p><em>The hole that you have spotted on the gear shifter is actually where the gear cable is located, it slides through this hole and is kept in place by the nipple at the end.</p> <p>Please be assured that there are no components inside the shifter that could be subject to damage from water in the unlikely event that any makes its way into the shifter.</em></p> <p>What do the people think? The bit about the hole being where the cable slides through doesn't sound right to me. </p> <p>Makes me wonder if they even clicked on the link to view the photos. They were an link rather than an attachment.</p> <p>Or am I overreacting?</p> <p>Any advice welcome.</p> <p>Thanks </p>