another noobish shimano question

[AngryScientist]

back to the cross bike i recently obtained. it has ultegra 9-sp shifters, and a triple. i would like to mount a compact double i have laying around, will triple shifters play nicely with a compact double crankset if i reset the limit screws on the fd correctly? :confused:

[eddief]

may not feel quite as good as a double built shifter, but I have definitely done it and it works fine.

[TAW]

yes

[AngryScientist]

thanks all, good news indeed.

[Ken Robb]

I thought 6500 shifters were all for use as dbl/triple.

[vpierce1]

Just out of curiosity, would you then have an additional trim position for the FD with the added "click?"

[TAW]

You're adjusting the FD limit screw to prevent the shifter from pulling the additional gear or "click", so you don't actually have additional trim.

[oldpotatoe]

back to the cross bike i recently obtained. it has ultegra 9-sp shifters, and a triple. i would like to mount a compact double i have laying around, will triple shifters play nicely with a compact double crankset if i reset the limit screws on the fd correctly? :confused:

As pointed out to me by the immortal Sheldon Brown(may he rest in peace)and as I have discovered shimano sti for triple is for double as well. No problems, no degradation, works great on a double.

[oldpotatoe]

Just out of curiosity, would you then have an additional trim position for the FD with the added "click?"

You have trim in the middle, of a triple, that is used for the big ring on a double.

[AngryScientist]

As pointed out to me by the immortal Sheldon Brown(may he rest in peace)and as I have discovered shimano sti for triple is for double as well. No problems, no degradation, works great on a double.

as usual Peter, thanks for the expert advice, appreciate it.

[Pete Serotta]

As pointed out to me by the immortal Sheldon Brown(may he rest in peace)and as I have discovered shimano sti for triple is for double as well. No problems, no degradation, works great on a double.


And oldPotatoe is an expert in my view. PETE

[oldpotatoe]

And oldPotatoe is an expert in my view. PETE


Ya know Peter, you don't have to post things like that but you do..thank you.

Not that I am the pinnacle of information but I complement you on being so polite, thoughtful, a great MOD, sometimes a thankless job, that you volunteer for to boot.

Mille Grazie il mio amico.

[TMB]

back to the cross bike i recently obtained. it has ultegra 9-sp shifters, and a triple. i would like to mount a compact double i have laying around, will triple shifters play nicely with a compact double crankset if i reset the limit screws on the fd correctly? :confused:


You know what your first mistake is here, don't you?

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[AngryScientist]

You know what your first mistake is here, don't you?

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i couldnt agree more, but the budget is tight at the moment, the second something in the drivetrain breaks, its over to the italian side:)