Engin Cycles - 27.5+ Pinion Drop bar Hardtail Frankenbike.edu 4

wow. thats fucked up. I LOVE IT.

that's the correct attitude.

is the only way to shift with the pinion twister on the bar end, or were you able to get it to work with the brake lever/shifters?

The Pinion P series gearbox (here, the P.12) uses a pull-pull grip shift style shifter. This is the only way to shift the P series box. The C series is configured differently - it too uses the grip shift style shifter, but can be adapted to use a special brifter or trigger set up - see, for example, the Cinq shifters: https://cinq.de/en/shifting-technology/ - I think these use a ratcheting gear cover to step through the gears. I have not used these, but if it requires you to step through the gears one at a time, then it defeats one of the advantages of the Pinion - you can shift through as many gears as you want in one motion. This is useful when you are approaching a steep climb in a higher gear, or cresting a hill into a descent and you want to dump a bunch of gears and get up and go.