Sram mtb RD with road drive train
03-30-08, 08:52 AM
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Sram mtb RD with road drive train
Read this 1st please... https://www.velonews.com/article/73404
Anybody knows if a MTB RD will work with a road drive train? Anybody is using a MTB rd with his sram drive train???
Im asking because the article mentioned above simply rocks in my oppinion, seondly MTB Rds are a lot cheaper than road RDs, so why dont built a road bike with a MTB rd, the only question is if sram MTB RDs work fine with the sram drive train. Anymody knows?
What do the 1:1 Actuation means, sram shows that while discribing some features of their RDs??
Thanks.
ps: i'm building a hybrid with campy stuff and put a Sram MTB rd will low my costs a lot than getting a campy veloce one.
Anybody knows if a MTB RD will work with a road drive train? Anybody is using a MTB rd with his sram drive train???
Im asking because the article mentioned above simply rocks in my oppinion, seondly MTB Rds are a lot cheaper than road RDs, so why dont built a road bike with a MTB rd, the only question is if sram MTB RDs work fine with the sram drive train. Anymody knows?
What do the 1:1 Actuation means, sram shows that while discribing some features of their RDs??
Thanks.
ps: i'm building a hybrid with campy stuff and put a Sram MTB rd will low my costs a lot than getting a campy veloce one.
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AFAIK, SRAM MTB rd's do not work with their road shifters. The cable pull is different. The 1:1 accuation is a measure of cable pull vs derailleur movement. It is a different ratio from all Shimano and SRAM's own road components.
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Read this 1st please... https://www.velonews.com/article/73404
Anybody knows if a MTB RD will work with a road drive train? Anybody is using a MTB rd with his sram drive train???
Im asking because the article mentioned above simply rocks in my oppinion, seondly MTB Rds are a lot cheaper than road RDs, so why dont built a road bike with a MTB rd, the only question is if sram MTB RDs work fine with the sram drive train. Anymody knows?
What do the 1:1 Actuation means, sram shows that while discribing some features of their RDs??
Thanks.
ps: i'm building a hybrid with campy stuff and put a Sram MTB rd will low my costs a lot than getting a campy veloce one.
Anybody knows if a MTB RD will work with a road drive train? Anybody is using a MTB rd with his sram drive train???
Im asking because the article mentioned above simply rocks in my oppinion, seondly MTB Rds are a lot cheaper than road RDs, so why dont built a road bike with a MTB rd, the only question is if sram MTB RDs work fine with the sram drive train. Anymody knows?
What do the 1:1 Actuation means, sram shows that while discribing some features of their RDs??
Thanks.
ps: i'm building a hybrid with campy stuff and put a Sram MTB rd will low my costs a lot than getting a campy veloce one.
That's funny, I read The Zinn article about the mix of Campy and SRAM on his Centaur (shifter) bike last night while I was googling a completely different topic. ..and was going to recommend it -- but when I clicked your link I found it was the same one I had read last night. OPens up interesting possibilities for some I'm sure.
I believe the 1:1 actuation means that the amount of cable that is engaged/pulled/moved at the shifter is the same amount that is pulled at the rear derailleur to achieve a shift of one cog.
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A couple months back, someone asked about using a SRAM road rear derailleur with SRAM MTB shifters. It was determined that SRAM road and MTB RDs do not use the exact same cable pull ratio. SRAM Road components (both shifters and both derailleurs) are proprietary. So even though you're asking the opposite, your combo should also be incompatible.
https://bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=380159
(PS- My posts were wrong, so don't pay attention to them. Post #7 by maddmaxx clears things up.)
https://bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=380159
(PS- My posts were wrong, so don't pay attention to them. Post #7 by maddmaxx clears things up.)
