jflyssy@cs.com
08-09-03, 07:42 AM
I have SRAM 7 speed grip shifters on my mtb. The right shifter recently broke on me. Can I use an 8 or 9 speed grip shifter to control my 7 speed derailleur?
Mountain Biking - Use 8 spd shifters on a 7 spd system
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Hunter
08-09-03, 08:34 AM
You could maybe get away with it with 8 I would not reccomend it with 9 it would largely depend on the der.
Transparent
08-09-03, 09:09 AM
Surely its best to use anoter 7spd one? because thats what it came with?
Hunter
08-09-03, 09:54 AM
Of course it is. However that is not the question that was asked.
Transparent
08-09-03, 10:37 AM
:P... gotta learn to read questions before coming up with stupid things like that... sorry :S
Jim311
08-09-03, 10:58 AM
Yeah, you can do it.
superjoe95
08-09-03, 04:25 PM
ya i dont see why not. my friend runs a 9 speed shifter on an 8 speed system. he cusses like a sailor though cuz its really bad
Hunter
08-09-03, 07:12 PM
Your friend cusses like that because the spacing on 9 speed is different than eight. he needs to decide which number of gears he wants to run then do that.
Richard D
08-11-03, 06:58 AM
I tried a 7spd shifter on an 8spd cassette for a couple of weeks whilst I got a new shifter and whilst the spacing is perfect on a couple of gear combinations it's out on others.
Scott m
08-11-03, 07:48 AM
7 speed shifters would be better, but 8 speed will definately work. I wouldn't suggest 9spd though.
EBasil
08-11-03, 11:36 AM
Seven and Eight speed cogsets have the same spacing, and an eight speed shifter will work fine with a seven speed cogset. No problems, at all, if you set the derailleur cable tension correctly --exactly as you would do with a seven speed shifter. You will have one "null" click, and you can either "limit out" #1 by use of the derailleur stops, or you can do it to #8. I reccomend doing it to number 8 if you're not using "Rapid Rise".