Ultegra 6800 Rear Derailleur with Sora Lever

[Grayduff]

Thinking of upgrading bit by bit, so my question is will an Ultegra 6800 rear derailleur work with a Sora 9 speed lever if i adjust the limit screws to the right place...Cheers

 

[Turbo Rider]

Probably not. I'd guess you'd need the levers to match the derailleurs & cassette...at least in terms of gears...

Might get away with a different chainset and blending that in though - I have Claris levers & derailleurs mixed with a Sora chainset and that seems to work ok...

 

[Drago]

Claris is essentially Sora with a nice paint job and different brifters. Good workmanlike stuff.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

No it wont work. 11-speed uses a different pull ratio (or leverage if you like) than previous generation derailleurs. Same with the 6800 front derailleurs. Think DynaSys - same thing.

 

[RebornBumbler]

Thinking of upgrading bit by bit, so my question is will an Ultegra 6800 rear derailleur work with a Sora 9 speed lever if i adjust the limit screws to the right place...Cheers

You'd be fine doing that with an Ultegra 6700 mech. though - cheap too while it's around...

 

[Grayduff]

So no to 6700 but yes to 6700 is that correct and thanks guys for your input :-)

 

[RebornBumbler]

That's no to 6800, yes to 6700

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Yes, no.

 

[Grayduff]

Yes, no.

:-)

Think i will look out for some second hand ^800 levers and start from there

 

[Yellow Saddle]

:-)

Think i will look out for some second hand ^800 levers and start from there

I hope that is a typo. Is that a typo. 6700 levers will work with your old Sora, 6800 won't work.

 

[Grayduff]

I hope that is a typo. Is that a typo. 6700 levers will work with your old Sora, 6800 won't work.

Yes Typo and thanks again :-)