Nashbar-branded Microshift rear derailer
02-03-09, 08:23 PM
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I jumped on the Nashbar Ultegra 6603 deal ($127 shipped after discount code) to replace my crash damaged ultegra 9 speed triples. I was able to convert to 10 speed for a little less than $300. My rear derailer was bent so the replacement (ultegra 10 speed long cage) was $67 of the $300. The 6603 kit comes with new cables and housing which I put to good use also.
The 6603s shift great. My surviving 9 speed front derailer does't seem to downshift as well with the narrower 10 speed chain but I can live with it.
The 6603s shift great. My surviving 9 speed front derailer does't seem to downshift as well with the narrower 10 speed chain but I can live with it.
02-03-09, 08:26 PM
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I jumped on the Nashbar Ultegra 6603 deal ($127 shipped after discount code) to replace my crash damaged ultegra 9 speed triples. I was able to convert to 10 speed for a little less than $300. My rear derailer was bent so the replacement (ultegra 10 speed long cage) was $67 of the $300. The 6603 kit comes with new cables and housing which I put to good use also.
The 6603s shift great. My surviving 9 speed front derailer does't seem to downshift as well with the narrower 10 speed chain but I can live with it.
The 6603s shift great. My surviving 9 speed front derailer does't seem to downshift as well with the narrower 10 speed chain but I can live with it.
02-03-09, 10:14 PM
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But a road-marketed long-cage ("triple") rear derailer shouldn't shift worse than a road-marketed short-cage ("double") rear derailer.
The other difference, as mentioned, is that the old rear derailer is 8-speed. Or make that, "was designed for 8-speed." It tracks the same, but there's more play in the pulley wheel, basically not precise enough for crisp shifts on 9-speed system.
I already knew that the derailer was sub-optimal, for reasons explained above, and I'd bought the new derailer already before I wondered if the cable housing was a problem. I didn't think it was, but the housing was used (I think) when I put it onto the bike.
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02-03-09, 10:22 PM
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Shimano Ultegra 10 Spd Triple ST-6603 STI Shifters: $149.99
Nashbar's latest catalogue.
EDIT: I see someone beat me to this - I'll leave it for the stragglers....
9 spd. Forever!
Nashbar's latest catalogue.
EDIT: I see someone beat me to this - I'll leave it for the stragglers....
9 spd. Forever!
02-03-09, 10:52 PM
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Don't the Nashbar (Microtech) brifters have 2 little handles for the shifting and not the actual brake lever itself?
02-04-09, 09:07 PM
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Yes and no. You're right that the cage length itself doesn't matter; but the "mountain-bike" design, where the derailer is designed to track along a cassette of up to 34t, does matter because it means that the jockey wheel is further away from the cogs as you get into the larger cogs.
But a road-marketed long-cage ("triple") rear derailer shouldn't shift worse than a road-marketed short-cage ("double") rear derailer.
But a road-marketed long-cage ("triple") rear derailer shouldn't shift worse than a road-marketed short-cage ("double") rear derailer.
02-05-09, 06:39 AM
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02-05-09, 08:08 AM
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There are two paddles behind the brake lever, rather than the conventional setup with one. One lever shifts up, one down. It seemed like a fine setup to me when I played with it on the display stand. It should also prevent accidental braking when trying to shift, which is what I occasionally did a few years ago during the first 1000 kms after going from bar-end shifters to brifters.
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02-09-09, 05:21 AM
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No, by conventional I mean having only one paddle behind the brake lever (which is true for Shimano, Campagnolo, and SRAM), this seems pretty clear in my original post to me.
07-26-10, 05:20 AM
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Nashbar themselves are selling ultegra brifters for $150; and I bought a pair over the holidays for something like $119. I know this pricing isn't common, but it'd take a lot for me to buy nashbar brand brifters if I can get Ultegra for near the same price, from the same site no less. It's like nashbar is hurting their own chances of selling microshift units by selling the ultegra 6603 for such a low price.
10-23-10, 09:57 AM
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At a $100 a pair on sale that's not likely. Campy has dumped almost their entire line of user serviceable shifters.
