Originally Posted by
dedhed
What are you actually trying to shift? # of gears? RD? etc
10 or 11 speed, depending on wether i can retrofit the 26'' casette to a 10 or 11 speed freehub body. Any cheap RD really. (likely w/ a clutch such as a Deore or Rival since i plan on going 1x). I have the VO friction shifters on one of my bikes, but they are mounted on the downtube and use a alvio 9sp RD with a 10speed casette no problem (the shifter is bent almost 180 °, but w/e)
Originally Posted by
Crankycrank
There is also this option. This company "Gavenalle" makes brake/shifter setups that also have a separate thumb shifter for 11sp that can be converted to indexed or friction. Specially made for them by Microshift. You would have to confirm with them that it will fit your bar end mounts but if it does, would be what you're looking for and of course you would have to buy the mounts separately.
Gevenalle Shift Levers – Gevenalle You might also be interested in their brake/shifter setup as it has all the advantages of bar ends plus easier to use IMO.
Shifters – Gevenalle
Yea, the STIs from Gevenalle I don't like the look of off the shifting cable shooting out from the hoods
- Main reason really, why I don't wanna use them. Also, why can nothing ever be easy with bikes
- I didnt even conisder that the diameter of the bar end plugs wouldn fit a somewhat current drop handlebar.
For reference, this is the bar end shifter I am currently contemplating in getting: microSHIFT BS-M11 (should be friction compatible, from what i've gleaned) - But FGS correct me if i am wrong