Shimano Claris R2000 / R2030

[bikingdad90]

Does anyone know if the R2000 left hand shifter can be used as a triple, is it just marketing and they sell the same shifter under R2030?

I had a look on the parts diagram and as far as I can tell both versions use the same looking main lever assembly and the name badge is different but that isn’t to say the ratchet isn’t slightly different.

https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/gear-spares/shimano-claris-str2030-main-lever-assembly-left-y0cp98010/

https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/gear-spares/shimano-claris-str2000-main-lever-assembly-left-y0cn98010/

Any ideas, considering converting a hardtail to drop bars.

 

[cyberknight]

triples have an extra click for the middle gear , if you have a double you can use it with a triple by setting the h/l but i doubt you can use a double as a triple assuming you want to access all 3 rings

 

[bikingdad90]

My hardtail currently has a triple front mech but my road shifter is a double. Was hoping to get away with not changing the chainset but it sounds like Shimano have changed it as you used to be able to on previous versions of Claris .

 

[biggs682]

Try it and see

 

[DCBassman]

My experience is with the double and triple versions of Sora R221 flat bar STIs. The triple is as you'd expect, but the double had more adjustment than needed for a double, so it might be usable. I never had a reason to experiment, so don't know for sure.