Cyclocross - anybody using MTB rd in your Cxs bike?

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ultraman6970
03-30-08, 09:02 AM
Anybody using a sram mtb rd in your bike? a mtb rd will work as a regular road rd??

Thanks.

jhota
03-30-08, 09:13 AM
i'm not using SRAM - i'm using an XTR rear derailer and Campagnolo shifters with the aid of a Jtek Shiftmate.

Jtek makes a Shiftmate to match SRAM rear mechs to Shimano/Campy shifters, if that's the way you want to go.

a SRAM mountain derailer should work with a SRAM road shifter just fine - they both expect the same amount of cable pull. it's just that SRAM calls it "1:1 Actuation" in the mountain line and "Exact Actuation" in the road line.
ultraman6970
03-30-08, 09:16 AM
if jhota it is right... then this thing sohuld work fine with sram mtb rd then? even a suntour XCM-660 migth work then???

http://www.velonews.com/article/73404

sram 1:1 rds are quite cheap... :)

Thanks

LBIkid
04-11-08, 11:21 AM
yeah, i have an XT RD with dura ace thumbs on my CC. works fine. not sure about the sram stuff though. i tend to stick with shimano.
MIN
04-11-08, 11:25 AM
XTR Shadow and XTR cassette.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e211/gbae007/cassette.jpg
Dr. DRE
04-11-08, 11:53 AM
I've got a medium cage XT RD on my Double Cross with Dura Ace bar end shifters. Works great. (I've got 48/39 front rings and an 11-34 casette, which gives me a very nice usable range.)
jhota
04-11-08, 12:49 PM
XTR Shadow and XTR cassette.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e211/gbae007/cassette.jpg

that is a gorgeous rear mech. i love the almost insectile design of the current XTR rd.