Adding my tiny clamor to the general hubub (not Hubbuhubbuh): I've done this for years with 7, 8, 9, and 10 speed cassettes. Currently I shift a 1X10 (with granny bailout) using Suntour bar cons and a 7 or 8 speed rd (Dura Ace 7401), and it works surprisingly well despite the shifter and derailleur not being "optimized" for the job. After I swapped out the mix 'n' match cogs (7, 8, and 9 speed used with 10 sp spacers) for actual 10 speed Miche cogs used with *eleven speed spacers,** "excellent" got taken to "wholly superlative."
The 1X10 as above shifts better than any 1X5 or 1X6 freewheel drivetrain I've used, and I don't complain about shifting 5 or 6 speed freewheels. A trick I learned from Bike Radar, to wit, use a chain 1 generation later than your cassette to make good shifting even better; thus 11 with 10, 10 with 9, etc. I use modestly priced SRAM chains, in case that makes a difference. On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 11:19 AM Michael Morrissey < michaelgmorris...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, of course it will work. I have a friction 9 speed set up on my > Rivendell and, yes, it is a little fussy, but it works incredibly smoothly > and I have a clutch derailleur. I use the Silver1 shifter because it's > longer and therefore slightly more precise IMHO. > > On my other bike, I have a Suntour Power Ratchet thumbshifter with a Deore > 7 speed setup on the back. It is truly bulletproof. I have ridden it for > years with ZERO adjustment. > > Post up a list of the parts you have and I'm sure we can figure out if it > will work or not. > > m > > > On Sunday, January 10, 2021 at 10:20:21 AM UTC-5 Philip Williamson wrote: > >> Friction shifting 11 speeds is easier than friction on 9. Shifting isn’t >> fussy at all. >> I have a silver downtube shifter. The throw of the shifter is maxed out - >> it’s parallel to the down tube at each end of the throw, but that’s fine. >> >> Philip >> Santa Rosa, CA >> On Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 10:24:37 PM UTC-8 Sam Perez wrote: >> >>> Any one have any experience with a friction 1x set up ? I'm really >>> curious, but was discouraged bc I've herd anything above an 8s suffers on >>> friction mode, is there a shifters that would be adequate and is the >>> shifting more fussy ? >>> >>> 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6d91522d-b948-45ad-be76-6c48bb387ac6n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6d91522d-b948-45ad-be76-6c48bb387ac6n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgviA6pZtSG0CywLEejK_44hZb39Bg9S9dwHRXqFi7LXJw%40mail.gmail.com.
