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Ultegra set up, wants lower gears. Will a 10sp XT mech work with 10sp STI units?
I've got a feeling it won't.....
No, need a 9 speed mech.
I have a fitted but unused Lindarets tanpan for sale (email in profile if your interested, £25 posted, and saves you having to pay 15 quid more in import duty's) just not got around to putting it on the forsale section - it didn't fit with the cable routing on my bamboo bike.
I'm using a tanpan, works really well. You might need to pair with a road link or goat link.
Ghostlymachine- Does the 9sp mech really work or is that just a rumour? 🙂
I'd already heard of that but couldn't confirm it.
9 speed MTB mech works fine.
No, it works perfectly.
Only time i've had issues was running a long cage mtb mech on a straight through road cassette. By the time you get to the 21/23 sprocket there is enough clearance between the top jockey and the cassette that the side flex in the chain is enough to cause shifting to get a bit vague.
But if you are doing it for more range, bigger cassette. It'll work as well as a road mech. If not better.
Use a 9spd mech as others have said.
9 speed road or 9 speed MTB mech work perfectly, it's all the same actuation ratio.
This is a handy reference for all this stuff
http://www.cyclingabout.com/wider-gear-range-road-shifters-gears-for-easier-hill-climbing/
PS I know people using 9 speed mech 10 speed road shifters
I am using a Shimano XTR M972 Shadow Mega 9 mech on my tripster with an XT 11-36 cassette and 10 speed 105 brifters.
Works fine - only problem I had was a strike on the longer cage pushed it past the elbow that keeps the tension.
I was thinking of trying the lindarets though.
Great answers. Thanks everyone.
Actually Peter, could just get the Lindarets road link and you can use your existing Ultegra mech with a bigger cassette, unless a clutch mech is something you want.
Road link also now available from the UK wolftooth distributor.
I'm running a 9sp XTR mech on my 10sp Ultegra STI (and 10sp XT cassette) CX gears.
Only way I could get the 10sp set-up I wanted with the extra wide range, it's a 12-36 cassette on there.
Works perfectly - in fact the major problem with it has never been the parts but the rather shit internal cable routing which requires very careful setup.
I also changed my jockey wheels to one tooth less than normal...
I've done the road link with a short road mech and ran 11-40. Got the tanpan on for a clutch xt medium mech, better at taking up slack and the clutch is cool for hammering down long descents in Cotswolds/Wales. This is 1x with a 40 up front. Double I think you're up to a 11-36 as a max.
Actually Peter, could just get the Lindarets road link and you can use your existing Ultegra mech with a bigger cassette, unless a clutch mech is something you want.
It's not for me, it's for a customer*. I'm keeping it simple.
*Apparently it's not allowed to tell them to take a good long swig from a bottle of Man The **** Up potion.... 😉
I'm keeping it simple.
I think the lindarets might be the simpler option as availability of the mech will be better, you can run a shorter cage, and no need to change the jockey wheels to get the best shifting.
I think I am going to try it as it turned out to be easy knocking my mech forward with a rock strike (I assume) riding around the devils punchbowl.