Originally Posted by
Darth Lefty
And just to add to this, the left/front cable pull is longer for MTB than for road. But pretty much all road groups are the same and pretty much all MTB groups are the same SFAIK, and if you are running friction on the left it won't make any difference.
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nwvelophile what shifters and RD do you have now? I know that Microshift makes 10-speed Dyna-sys bar-end shifters and that Surly puts them on the Cross Check and Long Haul Trucker with a 10-speed Deore trekking RD. If you have a setup like that then none of it will be compatible with road-group hardware.
I have a 2013 Surly Cross Check:
- Microshift 2/3x9 bar-end shifters, front friction only, rear index-only. Unsure of model, but would guess BS-A09
- Shimano Deore RD-M591 rear derailleur
- Shimano HG509 11-32 cassette
- Andel RSC6-217 48/36 crank to which I added a 26T (result is same as RSC6-317)
- Shimano Sora FD-3503 front derailleur
The advice here is that a 10-speed Shimano road-compatible bar-end (eg: Microshift BS-T10) would shift the Deore RD-M591 just fine.
Did I understand that right?
Question: would the Andel triple work with a 10-speed chain? Would there be any issue with the chainring teeth being too wide, or chain rings being spaced too far apart so the thinner 10-speed chain could drop between them?