On Tue, 2009-04-21 at 18:44 -0700, [email protected] wrote: > 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.
What does that accomplish besides limiting the number of available sprockets? The big differences between 10 and 7/8/9 are: - wider range of gears (unless you go to an IRD, 27T is your largest rear sprocket, whereas 7/8/9 all go to 34T) - greater spacing between sprockets, which makes for easier friction shifting - cheaper chains and cassettes - longer service life for chains and cassettes Your proposal provides none of these things. > 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. IMHO, except for the fact that it is 10, which limits you to 27T maximum sprockets and forces you to use more expensive chains and cassettes, this would be a sound idea. Bar end shifters are significantly less expensive and also more durable than STI integrated shifters. But if you're going to do that, why not upgrade your bike to 9-speed? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
