Originally Posted by
professorbob
As a result, I've decided to drink the Koolaid (TM) and ordered a set of Veloce 10sp brifters and the appropriate Shiftmate to go with my 9sp XT+32 speed shimano cassette. So the question is this.... Has anyone had any problems with such a setup? The Veloce brifters were considerably cheaper than new 105's, even less than Tiagras. So if it works well, it seems like a no brainer. Comments?
This is pretty much the setup I used on our kids' tandem. Works fine. Of course you already know that you will have a ghost shift position beyond one end or the other. I found the Veloce equipment much nicer than the older Shimano I was replacing, but that could be partly the age of the Shimano.