Zack, I agree with your change to an 8. I have a 9 with Silver Shifters (I don't think the shifters make a difference) and I will likely go to 8. The range is too tight and I find that I overshift...I simply don't need a nine. My experience is that 8 with friction shift works great.
Jeff On Apr 21, 9:13 pm, Zack <zack...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you all for your help. I did attempt to do some searching > before posting this, just FYI for you guys, but I was having a hard > time finding anything discussing how to change from 10 TO 9. > > I am going to swap my 10 speed cassette for an 8 and go for it. > > -Zack > > On Apr 21, 12:01 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Zack: before if fixie-d it, my last Riv had a 10 sp cassette very nicely > > shifted with a Retrofriction dt shifter. It shifted better with 10 than the > > 8 that I tried. > > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 8:07 PM, Zack <zack...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi All: > > > > I am currently re-evaluating the shifting setup i have on my bike. I > > > have STI shimano 105 shifters, and a 10 speed casette. > > > > I would like to begin using friction shifters, and asked at my LBS > > > about this, and they explained that friction shifting does not work > > > well with the 10 speed setup. > > > > I want to move to bar-ends no matter what, as the STI's just don't > > > really suit me, and they suggested indexed bar ends. > > > > Is converting the 10 speed to 9 speed as easy as swapping out the > > > casette? > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks! > > > > -Zack > > > -- > > Patrick Moore > > Albuquerque, NM > > Professional Resumes. Contact resumespecialt...@gmail.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
