Was just passing through in search of something else entirely, and google popped this thread up - figure it as a sign, since I'd just made a major discovery about shifters...
I'm a very small woman with small hands. Fairly long fingers, proportionately, but because my hands are narrow, very limited reach to the side. I always thought I was doing something wrong because never, on any bike I had (all with trigger shifters), shifting was always awkward. I moved them in, out, up, down, still had to really just let go of the grip to get at the end of the lever. Then I acquired a bike with twist shifters and... a light dawned!
Basically, my hands are too small/narrow/short/something, to reach the full range of the trigger without my hand moving on - even *re*moving from - the grip. I guess it never occurred to me that I'm *that* stubby. But with twist shifters, set up comfortably, I don't have to move my hands at all, just sort of roll them to the side. With twist shifters, I might as well be using top tube shifters, for all the ability I've got to shift and steer at the same time.
Probably not an issue for most folks, but if you've got little hands - I figure the gods of the internet brought me here for a reason.
