Have you considered this option?: Retain you 10-speed cassette and rear derailleur. Get either silver or shimano bar-end shifter for 10-speed which you can set for friction. Then limit the travel of your rear derailleur to 8-speed either on the higher or lower range or even on the middle range. This way you can still try to go 9- to 10-speed if you get bored or want to try something new. That is, if you get the 10-speed bar end shifter. This way, you buy only the bar-end shifter.
Rene [email protected] EarthLink Revolves Around You. > [Original Message] > From: Zack <[email protected]> > To: RBW Owners Bunch <[email protected]> > Date: 4/21/2009 6:15:12 PM > Subject: [RBW] Re: Convert 10 speed to 9 speed? (Silver Bar End ShifterContent) > > > Thank you all for your help. I did attempt to do some searching > before posting this, just FYI for you guys, but I was having a hard > time finding anything discussing how to change from 10 TO 9. > > I am going to swap my 10 speed cassette for an 8 and go for it. > > -Zack > > On Apr 21, 12:01 pm, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote: > > Zack: before if fixie-d it, my last Riv had a 10 sp cassette very nicely > > shifted with a Retrofriction dt shifter. It shifted better with 10 than the > > 8 that I tried. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 8:07 PM, Zack <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi All: > > > > > I am currently re-evaluating the shifting setup i have on my bike. I > > > have STI shimano 105 shifters, and a 10 speed casette. > > > > > I would like to begin using friction shifters, and asked at my LBS > > > about this, and they explained that friction shifting does not work > > > well with the 10 speed setup. > > > > > I want to move to bar-ends no matter what, as the STI's just don't > > > really suit me, and they suggested indexed bar ends. > > > > > Is converting the 10 speed to 9 speed as easy as swapping out the > > > casette? > > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > -Zack > > > > -- > > Patrick Moore > > Albuquerque, NM > > Professional Resumes. Contact [email protected] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
