Need your opinion: SRAM 10 speed shifter with 9 speed system
05-26-18, 10:59 AM
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Need your opinion: SRAM 10 speed shifter with 9 speed system
Hello everybody!
I've been slowly upgrading my old 2x9 speed and now that my SRAM gripshifts have worn out and their grips have become rather nasty, I am looking for replacement shifters, triggers this time.
My question is as follows: since I have a SRAM X9 9 speed derailleur and cassette and it is very hard to find SRAM 2x9 shifters that are also matchmaker compatible, I figured maybe I could use a 10 speed shifter from SRAM, for example, an X7, X9 or X0. After all, SRAM shifters have the same cable pull (as far as I understand) and I could simply adjust my gears so that the derailleur ignored the extra click and I wouldn't drop the chain accidentally. Also, that would provide with a window of opportunity for future upgrades.
How do you think? Could it work? Has anybody tried anything like that?
I've been slowly upgrading my old 2x9 speed and now that my SRAM gripshifts have worn out and their grips have become rather nasty, I am looking for replacement shifters, triggers this time.
My question is as follows: since I have a SRAM X9 9 speed derailleur and cassette and it is very hard to find SRAM 2x9 shifters that are also matchmaker compatible, I figured maybe I could use a 10 speed shifter from SRAM, for example, an X7, X9 or X0. After all, SRAM shifters have the same cable pull (as far as I understand) and I could simply adjust my gears so that the derailleur ignored the extra click and I wouldn't drop the chain accidentally. Also, that would provide with a window of opportunity for future upgrades.
How do you think? Could it work? Has anybody tried anything like that?
05-28-18, 12:05 AM
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Originally Posted by spircix
Hello everybody!
I've been slowly upgrading my old 2x9 speed and now that my SRAM gripshifts have worn out and their grips have become rather nasty, I am looking for replacement shifters, triggers this time.
My question is as follows: since I have a SRAM X9 9 speed derailleur and cassette and it is very hard to find SRAM 2x9 shifters that are also matchmaker compatible, I figured maybe I could use a 10 speed shifter from SRAM, for example, an X7, X9 or X0. After all, SRAM shifters have the same cable pull (as far as I understand) and I could simply adjust my gears so that the derailleur ignored the extra click and I wouldn't drop the chain accidentally. Also, that would provide with a window of opportunity for future upgrades.
How do you think? Could it work? Has anybody tried anything like that?
I've been slowly upgrading my old 2x9 speed and now that my SRAM gripshifts have worn out and their grips have become rather nasty, I am looking for replacement shifters, triggers this time.
My question is as follows: since I have a SRAM X9 9 speed derailleur and cassette and it is very hard to find SRAM 2x9 shifters that are also matchmaker compatible, I figured maybe I could use a 10 speed shifter from SRAM, for example, an X7, X9 or X0. After all, SRAM shifters have the same cable pull (as far as I understand) and I could simply adjust my gears so that the derailleur ignored the extra click and I wouldn't drop the chain accidentally. Also, that would provide with a window of opportunity for future upgrades.
How do you think? Could it work? Has anybody tried anything like that?
