PNW Components wants you to customise SRAM's X01 and XX1 shifter levers

Lucky enough to have SRAM X01 or XX1 gear shifters? Now you can co-ordinate your thumb paddle

The lever is only compatible with SRAM's XX1 and X01 gear shifters.

PNW Components

Alex Evans

Published: April 28, 2020 at 8:52 am

Thanks to the lever-sweep angle adjustment on SRAM's thumb gear shifter for X01 and XX1 models – whether that's 11- or 12-speed variants – it's possible to customise your shifter paddle with PNW Components' new Shifty Lever, with one of five colours to choose from.

It uses the same bolt-on system as SRAM's own shifter paddle, so it should be possible to swap out and adjust the Shifty Lever in a matter of minutes.

PNW Shifty Lever — For $39, you've really got to love matching colours! - PNW Components

The Shifty Lever's design has been inspired by the Canadian brand's own Loam Lever for dropper posts.

It's made from CNC-machined stainless steel and has a large injection moulded thumb pad to help your thumb grip the shifter paddle, even in the grottiest and wettest conditions.

It's available in teal, orange and red (pictured) and more muted grey and black tones, if stealth is your tipple.

PNW Shifty Lever — Which one of these three colours will match your bike? - PNW Components

The Shifty Lever will cost $39, so it's not cheap.

However, an official OEM SRAM X01 or XX1 shifter lever replacement part costs roughly the same amount, so the Shifty Lever might be the perfect replacement for a broken SRAM paddle.

Senior technical editor

Alex Evans is BikeRadar and MBUK’s senior mountain bike technical editor, as well as a regular on our podcast and YouTube channels. Working for BikeRadar and MBUK for nearly 10 years, Alex has been living and breathing mountain bikes since he was nine years old. Competing in his first downhill race aged 11, he went on to race in DH world cups and other international events across Europe – and even represented Great Britain at the downhill European Championships. Before moving back to the UK when he landed a job as MBUK’s features editor, Alex lived in the French Alpine mountain biking hotspot of Morzine for eight years. There, he clocked up an enormous amount of riding – and broke more bikes than he cares to remember. Alex now calls Scotland’s famously gnarly and gruelling trails of the Tweed Valley home, which is where he tests kit and bikes. While once a gravity racer, Alex now rides to the tops of his descents and feels most at home on an enduro bike or eMTB. He’s no stranger to flat-out efforts, however, and isn’t shy about donning Lycra to ride cross-country, or even competing in the occasional road hill climb event. Although he’s retired from official competition, he loves a challenge, especially when it comes to trying to top his local Strava leaderboards – just for fun, of course.

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