ive been running shimano road bar ends, dura ace, i think, in friction mode with a 9 speed very large cassette and XT mountain derailler. Works fine, but i have a hard time dropping into a low gear when a steep spot sneaks up on me. I bought some microshift 10 speed mtn bar ends a while back, not because i want to go 10 speed, but because i wanted a bar end that would index with a mountain derailler and large cassette. i was getting ready to pull the trigger on buying a new 10 speed derailleur/cassette to pair with the 10 speed shifters...
...Then i realized microshift has their 9 speed advent line. So, questions. -if its truly compatible, it seems the easiest thing to do would be just change out my dura-aces for the microshift advent bar ends, and keep my current cassette and derailler. They say they are shimano compatible, so that means with shimano derailler pull rations and stuff? am i missing something? i'd rather not get into any sort of extra bits that make things compatible. id like a clean system. -is there a benefit, im not thinking of to go 10 speed? i dont find myself lacking speeds. indexing is really what im looking for. i know that can be heresy here, but ive been frictioning for the last decade, so ive done my time. -anything else, im not considering? Thanks! -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8a42668d-1d4d-4444-9b4a-9cd30f9e1295%40googlegroups.com.
