Darn it. I wish you'd posted this about a week ago. I just purchased some components for a Dynashift setup on my new mountain bike. As you mention, the clutch derailleur was the main thing I wanted to gain, but the 40 tooth rear cog is pretty appealing, too. Mostly though, I'm just sort of getting tired of putting so much effort into sourcing discontinued parts, mixing and matching brands and series, and otherwise generally hacking the system. This will be the first time in as long as long as I can remember that I went all-modern. (Though I guess 10 speed is no longer "state-of-the-art," with the advent of 11 speed.). For mid to mid-high level components, like XT, its also starting to seem like its cheaper to just get whatever is current.
Just out of principal though, I did spring for some dynasys-specific Microshift thumbies with a friction mode, and a Whipperman chain with a real master-link. Regarding internet rumors and mechanics' claims about the feasibility of what you achieved, Clayton: I too have read many times that it would not be impossible, but the main reason was the notion that the tension on the derailleur is so much higher that it would overpower the older shifter. Interesting that this isn't an issue. Also interesting that the 8 speed chain fits ok within the narrower 10 speed pulley cage! Thanks for posting this! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
