8 Speed left hand shifter

[Yellow bike Jim]

I have a Pedego Interceptor. It has a Shimano rear derailleur. The twist throttle is on the right handlebar and it has a twist shifter on the left. I don't particularly like the shifter and would like to replace it with a click type shifter. I have searched for rear 8 speed shifters designed for mounting on the left but have not found one. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Jim

 

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Multi-speed trigger or thumb shifter are typically for right hand side controls.
Left hand side shifters are typically for front derailleur that max out for 3-speeds.
Twist-type shifter would be the likely option if the multi-speed shifter has to be mounted on the left hand side.

 

[Yellow bike Jim]

I understand that. My bike came with a Microshift DS85-8L twist shifter. I assume that the L stands for left as it appears to be a mirror image of the same model in the standard right hand version. I am looking for a left hand version of an 8 speed thumb shifter.

 

[Fritz Katzenjammer]

I’ve never seen such a beast and doubt it exists as it wouldn’t be compatible with anything considered “standard” in the industry.

There are bar mounted friction (stepless) shifters with the capacity to handle a rear derailleur but you’d have to give up indexed shifting.

DiaComp wing shifters can do it. I’ve got them on a 2023 Trek Domane I’ve converted into a kind of angry hybrid and both shifters have the range to handle a rear derailleur.

These are the shifters… before the poor bike got fitted with early eighties style mountain bike bars.

 

[Mike L]

As stated above all the trigger shifters for rear derailier are RH operated. The LH are for front derailier. If you can find a compatable bar end shifter you could use that but they're not common.

 

[Bobh]

I have a thumb throttle which fitted fine with the 7 speed twist shifter. I changed the twist shifter for an under handlebar trigger shifter.
This resulted in the thumb throttle being too far away to reach with my thumb. I over overcome this by shaping a piece of aluminium that I fitted to the thumb throttle by drilling a small hole dead centre in the thumb part and secured the aluminium using a gauge 6 wood screw x 1/2” long. To deter it swivelling I applied a piece of 3m double sided tape between the two surfaces. Has held up for 6 months so far.
Not really related to this post but might be useful to someone with an e-bike.

 

[Glenn Goodlett]

If you switched to an electronic shifter like the Wheeltop eds ox 2.0, you could mount the switch upside down on the left side. The buttons are programmable so it would function however you wanted.

https://wheeltop.us/products/wheeltop-eds-ox

 

[Bobh]

As there seems to be knowledgable people here regarding shifters.
I recently swapped a 7 speed revo twist shifter on my trike for a 7 speed quick fire shimano Altus shifter as previously pictured but whilst it changes up and down okish the 1st shift does nothing until the 2nd shift and skips the mid range gears occasionally.
The rear derailleur has no make on it so am I right in thinking I need to get a shimano Altus derailleur so both both are synced?
I’ve checked for cable binding and all seems fine.

 

[Mike L]

Mount a RH shifter on the left and try using it backwards, might work, might be too awkward but worth a try.