Friction shifting more than 9 sprockets is too much of a pain for me. Even with a 9 speed cassette, I find that friction shifting is a bit finicky. I use the DiaCompe 11 spd DT shifter on my 9 speed setup and find that the big barrel of the shifter makes for easier/smoother shifting.
On Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at 12:20:50 PM UTC-4, Gabriel Hargrove wrote: > > All, > > I'm setting up a 2x10 drive train and was hoping to benefit from any > experience out there using either Shimano 9 speed bar end shifters in > friction mode or move into the Shimano 10 speed bar end shifters (STI > only). Given the narrowness of the 10 speed chains, is it that finicky > trying to find the right gear in a friction set up? Perhaps it is quieter > in properly dialed in on the 10spd shifter. I don't plan on swapping out > the levers for Silver shifters anytime soon, if that makes a difference for > those in favor of the 9spd set up. > > Other details: > 2007 26" Atlantis > 10 speed rear cassette > SunXcd double Crankset 46/26 > Shimano CX70 FD > SunXcd RD > > -- 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.
