mixing road / mountain components

[seasponge]

thinking about possible crosscheck build possibilities...can you mix road and mountain components together? for example: 9 speed xt trigger shifters with a 9spd road derailleur?
or a road crankset with mountain derailleaurs?

now i am just confusing myself?

am i just talking nonsense? what is feasible? basically i want to build a crosscheck with riser bars and trigger shifters

[tombi]

YEh mate. you can mix roadie and mtb parts. just look at flatbar roadbikes and even some DHr's use roadie derailleurs bcoz their small n cant be smashed as easily. In short, yes you can mix parts.
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[top506]

My current dirt-road bike has Exage 500CX cranks (ATB), 500LX FD (ATB), 105RD (road) and105 shifters (road). All works slicker than fresh snot together.
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[seasponge]

cool thanks yall