Considering turning my Voodoo Wanga into a 650b drop bar gravel-ish hack and wondering what those of you running 1x on drop bars do about brake levers/shifters..?
Brifters left and right and just don't cable the left shifter?
Mismatched with brake lever only on the left and brifter on the right?
Matched brake levers with a separate shifter?
Singlespeed and forget this shifter nonsense..? 😀
Gevenalle 1xX shifters are your friend. I run 1x10 cable.
I went 1x on my old Genesis with Shimano 105 10 speed and it was fine running the left shifter without a gear cable.
Some people complain that they go too floppy without cable tension, but I didn't find that to be the case.
Sram 1x groupset
https://www.merlincycles.com/sram-apex-1x11-gravel-build-kit-119370.html?source=PHG
Have been considering the same for a while, my thoughts have been taking me towards bar end shifters or thumbshifters or something like that, means I can run some cheap but very lovely TRP carbon brake levers.
Still researching some way of mounting a bar end shifter on the tops, or better yet, adapting a time trial shifter to stick straight out from the bars just where the tape ends...
I went 1x on my old Genesis with Shimano 105 10 speed and it was fine running the left shifter without a gear cable.
Some people complain that they go too floppy without cable tension, but I didn’t find that to be the case.
that.
Still researching some way of mounting a bar end shifter on the tops, or better yet, adapting a time trial shifter to stick straight out from the bars just where the tape ends…
both Shimano and SRAM will do you a bar-end shifter (depending on gears in the back), the SRAM ones are particularly lovely in that they return to the same position after a shift rather than rotating round
in answer to the OP, as mentioned the easiest way to do this is just take the gear cable out the LH shifter, some people zip-tie the brake lever and gear shifter together to lessen flappiness, it works fine
Connect the LH shifter to a dropper post.
Still researching some way of mounting a bar end shifter on the tops, or better yet, adapting a time trial shifter to stick straight out from the bars just where the tape ends…
into the end of the bar? the bar end? 🙂
Bar end/TT shifters are the same thing, from what I've seen.
I bought a CX type bike, set it SS to save money for starters. BB7s and Tektro levers. Put a cassette on for a long hilly off road ride: 9 speed Dura Ace bar end shifter and old XT mech.
It would drop the chain pretty regularly, so bought a Paul's chain keeper. Chain drops lessened, but now would bunch up and mangle behind the chainkeeper.
Got bored of that, so went looking for a clutch mech. Only match I could find was SRAM TT500 10 speed and SRAM rear mech. Got a narrow/wide ring as well. The chain stays on lovely, but the shifting action feels heavier and more of a dull thunk rather than a smooth, light snick.
Put the old 9 speed shifter and mech on the bike I'm commuting on now. Shifting noticeably lovelier, snick, snick, snick. chain hardly ever drops with the Superstar narrow/wide ring.
I always just run normal shifters without a gear cable in - works great and never found the lever floppy - remember it does have the return spring in it anyway so it's not just a floppy lever.
D'oh, technical explanation fail on my part, I meant have the shifter on the tops, i.e. between the end of the tape and the stem faceplate.
Any yes, I had seen the return-to-centre TT shifters, and yes I want!
Keep looking at all those 'spacesaver' handlebar type extensions that are designed to give touring cyclists additional bar space, figure the right one of those, heavily butchered, would give me a mounting point for a TT shifter.
If you want it between the stem and bar tape, why not a flat bar shifter, the use single speed brake levers?
Flat bar shifters only have a clamp diameter for MTB bars i.e. 22.2mm. Think road bar diameter is 26mm?
Plus you'd have to thread the shifter around the drops which requires a bit of brutality!
Still needs modification as road bars are 23.8mm clamp size - or you can get a 31.8mm version that clamps to the centre bulge.
Any yes, I had seen the return-to-centre TT shifters, and yes I want!
Oh! I haven't! Fancy.
I like my normal ones though, lets you feel what sort of gear you're in if your coasting or stopped watching for the lights to change without peering past your crotch at the cassette.
Dovebiker - linky no worky?
I have a 2x10 Gevanalle set up (for mtb gears) with Hylex hydraulic brakes for sale (since I split my monstercrosser and went back to one bike). Great kit. Could be used 1 x too. Let me know if you are interested.
This was my solution just over a year ago and it's still going pretty strong...
The ideal alternative for me would be a Gevenalle (sp?) modded TRP Hylex. But I can't justify it while my current bodge is still operational.
Gevenalle 1x on my cx
Homemade version built from a Sturmey Archer thumbshifter on my road bike
I hate shimano sti anyway and couldn’t stand the idea of a floppy one on the left
No issues running 1x with Shimano shifters.
I was running 105 10 speed originally but now Ultegra 1x11 with Rx clutch, XTR cassette 11-40 and it works great!
No issues with left hand shifter being floppy with no cable!
Thanks Max.
Turnerfan, is the ultegra clutch mech good for 40T?
