10 speed rear mech with 9 speed shifters

[jpembroke]

Will a 10 speed rear mech work with 9 speed shifters? All campag, by the way, and not Quickshift/escape mechanism nonsense.

 

[Cheule]

Short answer, yes

 

[Smokin Joe]

I'm running a ten speed mech with nine speed shifters on one Campag equipped bike, vice versa on the other.

All perfect.

 

[jpembroke]

Thanks, good answer. You have given me the go ahead to spend more money. My wife will be pleased.

 

[heretic]

It'll work as long as the shifters are later than 2,000/2,001. That's when the cable pull changed on the old 9 speed and the mech geometry was altered to suit.

 

[Smokin Joe]

It'll work as long as the shifters are later than 2,000/2,001. That's when the cable pull changed on the old 9 speed and the mech geometry was altered to suit.

According to Sheldon it will still work as the change was minimal. I will find out if he's right one day as I have a pair of '99 vintage Veloce shifters with less than 100 miles on them.

 

[heretic]

If all else fails with Shimano mechs they'll index standard 5 and 6 blocks, hubbub the cable and it's 7 speed or use a modern Campag mech and they work Shimano 8.
There's someone from Hampshire on another forum would have a nervous breakdown with that.