Mountain components on beater road bike?
08-27-06, 07:40 PM
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Mountain components on beater road bike?
I'm pretty sure I should be okay, but just to double check. I've got an old generic frame that I am looking to turn into my "pull the kid on the trailer and just screw around commuter bike". I have most of the parts lying around here, but still need a few things.
I have a set of SRAM grip shifts. I want to install the rear one on a flat bar and run 9 speed rear with a single ring up front. I think I can get a SRAM rear derailleur for nothing from a friend of mine. I know that stuff would work, but will it mesh with an old 9 speed Shimano road cassette?
So it would be, SRAM grip shift and RD with a Shimano road cassette. Is there anything I'm overlooking?
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I have a set of SRAM grip shifts. I want to install the rear one on a flat bar and run 9 speed rear with a single ring up front. I think I can get a SRAM rear derailleur for nothing from a friend of mine. I know that stuff would work, but will it mesh with an old 9 speed Shimano road cassette?
So it would be, SRAM grip shift and RD with a Shimano road cassette. Is there anything I'm overlooking?
Thanks.
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08-27-06, 09:04 PM
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There is no spacing differences between Shimano "road" and "mountain". Just make sure the SRAM stuff is the Shimano compatible versions, they also make stuff to a proprietry spacing.
08-28-06, 07:42 AM
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Great, thanks guys.
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FWIW, I have a grip shift shifter on a Shimano rear derailer on my "pull-the-trailer" old bike.
