SRAM Yaw users, functionality with 105
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SRAM Yaw users, functionality with 105
Hello, SRAM cranksets rings are optimized to be used with SRAM Yaw derailleurs, at least thatīs what the publicity says.
I would like to know if a SRAM Force/Rival/Red crankset is going to work perfectly with a Shimano 105 derailleur and chain, like if it was a Shimano product.
I would like to know if a SRAM Force/Rival/Red crankset is going to work perfectly with a Shimano 105 derailleur and chain, like if it was a Shimano product.
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Shimano FD will shift the chain on any brand crank of the specified ring configuration (teeth numbers, ring thickness, ring spacing = 10 or 11 speed). Good enough for your taste? Only you can say.
Are there not many stock bikes with mixed front setups?
Are there not many stock bikes with mixed front setups?
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My bike came stock with a Tiagra FD and an Apex crank, no issues there.
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OP has to look no further then his own bike that came stock with fsa cranks and 105 groupset
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Here's a bike that comes stock with Ultegra group and Rival cranks.
https://www.diamondback.com/bikes-road-bikes-alternative-road-haanjo-series-haanjo-trail-carbon
Do you think they would sell something that doesn't work?
https://www.diamondback.com/bikes-road-bikes-alternative-road-haanjo-series-haanjo-trail-carbon
Do you think they would sell something that doesn't work?
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Yeah, but that is the oppostie situation to what OP is asking about.
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Yeah, but that is the opposite situation to what OP is asking about.
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Ok, some people dont get the point in this question. I am talking about the Sram X - glide chainrings, since the publicity says they are optimized por the Yaw derrailleur. I know they going to function with the shimano and other derrailleurs for sure. My question is if this optimized for Yaw X-Glide chainrings are going to work at the same level of functionality with a shimano derrailleur? maybe the answer in unknow, is the X glide going to have a different shape in dents or something like that?
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Ok, some people dont get the point in this question. I am talking about the Sram X - glide chainrings, since the publicity says they are optimized por the Yaw derrailleur. I know they going to function with the shimano and other derrailleurs for sure. My question is if this optimized for Yaw X-Glide chainrings are going to work at the same level of functionality with a shimano derrailleur? maybe the answer in unknow, is the X glide going to have a different shape in dents or something like that?
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i think the answer the OP wants is "no"
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Ok, some people dont get the point in this question. I am talking about the Sram X - glide chainrings, since the publicity says they are optimized por the Yaw derrailleur. I know they going to function with the shimano and other derrailleurs for sure. My question is if this optimized for Yaw X-Glide chainrings are going to work at the same level of functionality with a shimano derrailleur? maybe the answer in unknow, is the X glide going to have a different shape in dents or something like that?
"The X-GlideR Chainrings are designed for an optimized shifting performance with the Yaw front derailleur. The stiffer rings (5mm 7075-T6 aluminum CNC-machined) feature upshift rivets with an advanced design adopted from SRAM XX. CNC machining allows for precision control of each tooth shape, ramp, and nearly every shifting feature of the chainring. Chainrings, chain, and front derailleur are designed as a single integrated system for optimized performance."
Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but in practice there will be absolutely 0 negative consequences of using a Shimano FD. The physical action of pushing the chain from one ring to another is no different between the derailleur brands. The Yaw FD angles itself in a way that basically eliminates rub in any gear combo, but it still pushes the chain off one ring and onto another just like a Shimano FD.
If there is any functional difference thanks to the "integrated" design, it is so small as to be imperceptible based on many people's experiences here.
Not sure what else you could be looking for, other than finding someone to tell you it just shifts like garbage unless you get a SRAM FD.
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some frames with shorter chainstay lengths are more likely to get front derailleur rub on either side of the middle of the cassette, my caad 10 was like this, was difficult to adjust to get more than 7 gears without compromising lower or higher gears
yaw easily solved that.
yaw easily solved that.
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During lunch today I told someone I wanted to buy the Red22 shifters only... and the guy: "Are you going to mix the components?" and kept staring at me with a WTF face....
And yes, I was buying the "orange 22" shifters just because the orange accent goes well with my new frame
And yes, I was buying the "orange 22" shifters just because the orange accent goes well with my new frame
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some frames with shorter chainstay lengths are more likely to get front derailleur rub on either side of the middle of the cassette, my caad 10 was like this, was difficult to adjust to get more than 7 gears without compromising lower or higher gears
yaw easily solved that.
yaw easily solved that.
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no, too lazy for that.
$40 force yaw fd solved my laziness
$40 force yaw fd solved my laziness




