Touring - XTR with STI?

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amahana1
07-25-04, 06:58 PM
I have seen a few touring bikes recently with xtr (rapid rise) rear derailers and sti shifters, is this possible? I am getting ready to build a touring bike very shortly and was wondering if a person could get these to work very well together?

seely
07-25-04, 07:00 PM
XTR works great with STI, and the rapidrise will just reverse your shifting pattern.
Al.canoe
07-29-04, 06:14 PM
I've been using an XTR front deraileur (not rapid rise) with 105 STI for about three years. The rear deraileur is LX.

Al

Raiyn
07-30-04, 01:20 AM
I've been using an XTR front dérailleur (not rapid rise) with 105 STI for about three years. The rear dérailleur is LX.

Al
Ummm a front dérailleur is NEVER rapid rise but they are all low normal.
Rapid Rise refers to the rear dérailleur's spring being orientated so that when cable tension is released the dérailleur "rises" into a lower (bigger) gear. Personally I think the only thing that should be Rapid Rise is yeast
denisegoldberg
07-30-04, 04:38 AM
I have seen a few touring bikes recently with xtr (rapid rise) rear derailers and sti shifters, is this possible? I am getting ready to build a touring bike very shortly and was wondering if a person could get these to work very well together?

I have two touring bikes with XTR on the rear and Ultegra on the front. One of the two has bar end shifters, but the other has STI shifters - and they work very well together.

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late
07-30-04, 05:19 AM
You can also use STI for the rear der; and a bar end for the front der.
This would let you have the low gearing of a Mtn bike crank with nearly bulletproof shifting.
Al.canoe
07-30-04, 06:06 AM
You can also use STI for the rear der; and a bar end for the front der.
This would let you have the low gearing of a Mtn bike crank with nearly bulletproof shifting.

Why would you not use STI for the front? I use a mountain bike crank set(22/32/44) with XTR and STI. I'm setting up my new bike with a 22/36/46 TA and will use an XT with STI. The XTR's are just too expensive now for the almost negligible gain over XT I've experienced.


Al
prestonjb
08-01-04, 07:17 PM
I've used XTR non-rapid-rise with Dura-Ace STI and a friend used rapid-rise with Dura-Ace. Both work fine but I found it kinda awkward to train my hand to make up-shifts use the large-lever...

I find if I want to accelerate and I am out of the saddle I want to do a quick press of the small lever (POW) instead of a sweep with the hand to shift... Also if I want to down-shift I usualy am sitting and thus find it easier and possibly I want to downshift swiftly three gears or so...

I guess after all it is preference... but I feel that way because I feel the left shifter is backwards... Well it is in a way... But I would think the left shifter would use the spring to upshift and I would use hand-power for downshift just like the right side...

So changing the right side to do what the left side to do (which is what happens with rapid-rise and STI) seems incorrect to me.

Time to catch my breath :)