SRAM Double Tap bicycle gear shifter and brake lever

SRAM Double Tap is an integrated gearshift and brake lever system designed by

SRAM Corporation SRAM LLC is a privately owned bicycle component manufacturer based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, founded in 1987. SRAM is an acronym comprising the names of its founders, Scott, Ray, and Sam, (where Ray is the middle name of the company's ...

for

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s. It allows shifting gears without having to remove a hand from the bars, unlike previous

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shifting systems. It was launched in late 2005 to compete with

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and Campagnolo ErgoPower. It is characterized by having a single shift lever per unit that the rider moves inward a short distance for upshifts and a longer distance for downshifts. It is lighter and smaller than competitors because it has few parts. In 2010 SRAM expanded the Double Tap technology from the original drop handlebars to flat handlebars on

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