Andy in Germany
Guru
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- Freiburg im Breisgau
That's why all our bikes have 8 speed: I can swap everything...
Except now Elder Son wants a 29" wheeled Enduro with (I think) an 11 speed cassette
Can I mix and match a group set?
- Thread starter JoeWakefield03
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That's why all our bikes have 8 speed: I can swap everything...
Except now Elder Son wants a 29" wheeled Enduro with (I think) an 11 speed cassette
bladderhead
Well-Known Member
I have a XX1 11speed cog. I got a pair of bar-end shifters. The cog one was 10sp indexing and the chainwheel one was friction, but could only rotate through a right angle. I took them to bits and combined them to achieve a bar-end friction-shifter. It still did not quite pull enough cable so I added a Jtek Shiftmate. Genius device. The only disadvantage is that the cable is so tightly wound round that it wears out. This has hapenned once to me. It snaps one strand at a time, so you have fair warning.
mcshroom
Bionic Subsonic
- Location
- Egremont, Cumbria
Just sticking with Shimano. The road rear derailleurs were the same as the MTB ones up to 9sp, but 10sp road shifters did not change like mtb ones, so you could use a 10sp shifter with a 9sp mtb rear mech which is great for tourers.
11sp was different to anything else so not backwards compatible, and just to be a pain Tiagra 4700 is an oddball. It's 10sp but comparable with the 11sp stuff, not the other 10sp and lower stuff
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
lazybloke
Considering a new username
- Location
- Leafy Surrey
My bikes are complete "Picknmix" - I don't give a tinker's cuss about brands as long as the important bits are matched/compatible.
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
Think I will, thank you.
