Bidirectional Shimano shifters - did everybody know this?

[Twilkes]

View: https://youtu.be/cprO8YymLuU

Ah okay, my commuter bike still has Shimano Altus so it doesn't do this, and the finger clicker isn't really accessible by the thumb anyway.

It's still better than my first geared bike I inherited from my dad where I had to give the front derailleur a kick to get it onto the small ring.

 

[Justinslow]

Never knew this, thanks!
Kids Altus/Acera bikes don’t though.
I’ll try to try it on the next ride.

 

[Levo-Lon]

My Deore 10-speed shifter will do 1, 2 or 3 cogs with a thumb push, depending how far I push it. The SRAM Eagle is the same.

EDIT: wait, sorry - you mean it'll shift 3 cogs smaller? I've never experienced that, I'd love to know how that works.

No they don't, only on up shift, not going smaller.

Just seen edit,

 

[Deleted member 26715]

No they don't, only on up shift, not going smaller.

But an upshift is actually down not up

 

[figbat]

No they don't, only on up shift, not going smaller.

Just seen edit,

Sorry, to be clear you’re saying you can move up to 3 cogs bigger with a push? Ok, I’m familiar with that on all Shimano shifters (my kids’ 7-speed shifters do this).

I was confused at the mention of multi-shifts being useful for descending - I can see that this would be useful if it was possible.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Just found that although my Shimano xt did this my Shimano Deore don't