Originally Posted by
z415
Does JakcB have the wrong Jtek Shiftmate? And do either of you have to use those American Classics conversion cassettes?
I'm interested because I've always wanted to do something like that, but never got around to it since it seemed to not work perfectly from what some have said.
I don't think JackcB has a Shiftmate at all, he just uses the 10-speed brifters on a 9-speed cassette and puts up with the imperfect shifting. I use the correct Shiftmate which eliminates all the shifting compromises.
I have no experience with the AC (or other) conversion cassettes. From strictly second-hand info, I gather they don't work all that well and I do know they are expensive. The Shiftmate assures I can use any Shimano or SRAM cassette so why use a second-rate substitute.