Shimano (in their 9 speed world) has designed their ft ders into drop bar shifter and flat bar shifter spec families with a couple flat bar shifters being made for otherwise drop bar ders. So knowing what shifter spec you have is part of the replacement spec data. I suspect you have a AtB/flat bar shifter as that is also your crankset.


There are small differences of crank set ring to ring dimensions between road and AtB as well as small differences to the ft der's throw per same amount of cable pull. This is why so many recent 9 speed and triple touring bikes have come with bar end shifters, as the ft is a friction (not indexed) control. Andy.