Another option would be asymmetric shifting. Brifter for the rear, bar end for the front. He'd have indexed for the cassette, which is where most of the shifting happens anyway, and you'd get the trimming and compatibility of friction up front.
On Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at 8:48:38 AM UTC-5, Pancake wrote: > > Wow, it's wild how they sorted out getting "Shirmego" to work! > > I'm frustrated that it seems a standard Shimano triple shifter probably > won't work with the Sugino XD2 crankset. So the options are: > (1) get a shimano crankset without the great low range of a the Sugino XD2 > (2) Shirmego that allows the good trim adjustments of Campy and alternate > cable routing of the Campy brifters > (3) Or ... ??? any other suggestions? Any chance the Shimano brifters, > like the 105, would just work nicely with the Sugino XD2? > > Thanks for the really helpful and thought out suggestions so far everyone! > > Abe > > On Monday, April 15, 2019 at 4:55:25 PM UTC-7, Kurt Manley wrote: >> >> You need to use the alternate cable routing, clamping the cable on the >> opposite side of the pinch bolt to do Campy 10 to Shimano 9 >> >> Here's a nicely written guide that helped me when I set mine up >> >> https://www.cxmagazine.com/shimano-campagnolo-ergopower-compatibility >> >> On Monday, April 15, 2019 at 4:30:39 PM UTC-7, Steve Palincsar wrote: >>> >>> Don't you need Campagnolo 11 Ergo to index right with Shimano 9? >>> >>> >>> On 4/15/19 7:27 PM, Kurt Manley wrote: >>> >>> I'd recommend Campy 10 speed shifters set up "Shirmego" style. They will >>> work good with noodles since they are shorter and the front shifter has >>> very good trim adjustment which is needed when you're trying to run >>> chainrings that don't match what Shimano designed into their triple setup. >>> I've been running a setup like that for years and it works great. >>> >>> On Monday, April 15, 2019 at 10:11:21 AM UTC-7, Pancake wrote: >>>> >>>> My friend got a Sam Hillborne and wants to swap over to brifters (since >>>> he enjoyed them so much on the last bike he rode). What 3x9 brifters would >>>> you recommend? >>>> >>>> Current setup: >>>> 62cm Sam >>>> 44cm Noodle handlebars >>>> Tektro R559 brakes >>>> 3x9 gearing (Sugino triple 24/36/46 and Shimano cassette 11–34t) >>>> >>>> What 3x9 compatible brifters do you recommend? >>>> >>>> Alternately, should he switch everything to a 2x10 or 2x11 drivetrain >>>> and compatible brifters? Personally I only like friction with a triple >>>> setup, so switching to 2x indexed seems like a reasonable option. >>>> >>>> Yes: I already tried convincing him to stick with bar ends, but he’s >>>> not budging. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Steve Palincsar >>> Alexandria, Virginia >>> USA >>> >>> -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
