Keep in mind Shimano 10 speed road and mountain have different amount of pull. 10 speed road has the same total pull as 9 speed, so the pull for each shift is less. 10 speed mountain (Dynasis) has significantly more total pull, and the pull for each shift is greater.
When Shimano dynasis first came out, it seemed like a big pain as old friction shifters were not compatible (unlike previous 7-8-9 transitions). However, in the last few years a number of options have came out for 10 speed dynasis/mountain and friction shifting . Velo Orange Dia-Compe, Microshift, Soma/IRD, and Gevenalle all have options whether you like downtube, trigger/thumbie, or integrated with brake levers. I've found 10 speed mountain/Dynasis to shift better than 9 speed, since it actually has more tolerance for cable pull. On Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 6:01:22 PM UTC-4, Michael Hechmer wrote: > > Last summer at a tandem rally I chatted with a couple who had toured from > the Maine coast into the adirondack with 10 speed friction. He reported > that on balance I found it easier and more reliable than indexed shifting. > Tandems, of course, have mega long cables which can easily throw indexing > out of alignment. > > Michael > > On Friday, September 16, 2016 at 7:38:16 PM UTC-4, Reed Kennedy wrote: >> >> And yes, I am glad to confirm that the Silver shifters pull plenty of >> cable for 10 speed on a standard pull derailleur. Don't know about a >> Dynasys one. I'd been planning to try it, but I think I'm gonna abandon >> that project now that I have the Velo Routier. >> >> I'll go so far as to say that 10 speed with Silver shifters is my current >> favorite drivetrain / shifter setup at the moment. And Cycles Toussaint >> liked it well enough to ship it as the stock setup on their complete bikes! >> >> >> Reed >> >> On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 1:56 PM, Daniel Jackson <daniel.se...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> My main reason for asking Clayton the question in the other thread was >>> just to be sure that the Silvers can actually pull enough cable to work >>> with 10 speed. I imagine there is no problem as overall cassette width >>> between 10 and 9 speed is negligible. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
