With the "Trigger Shifters", SRAM has a hot iron in the fire for the coming season for all those who have not yet been able to make friends with the US manufacturer's twist shifters. The "Trigger Shifters" allow you to shift all gears with your thumbs - your index finger and, if necessary, your middle finger are always on the brake lever. Because the shifters are not only available as "X.9" and "X.7" versions with a matching SRAM rear derailleur, but also as Shimano-compatible versions, the nervousness of the Japanese is understandable: after all, they are currently trying to impose a new shifting logic on bikers with the "Dual Action" controls.

Shimano still has other court instances open to it to enforce a legally binding ban on the new SRAM shifters. The lawsuits against SRAM's "7.0" and "5.0" series cassettes, which the Japanese market leaders believe are copies of their Hyperglide cassettes, are also still ongoing. So the war of the sprockets can go into the next round... Wanna bet?