That sounds like a very impressive setup! I'd love to see a pic of your
build if you find the time.
I'm glad you brought up the 180 degrees of travel, that's certainly hitting
the limiting factor of friction 11 speed with Silver shifters.While it can
technically travel past 180 degrees (by a
I just set up the shifting on my Riv Custom this weekend. I am using Silver
1 shifters with the shiny silver washer covers from Silver 2 shifters
covering the black plastic washer. The shifters are mounted on the
braze-ons on the headtube. The derailleurs are Campagnolo Athena 11s (all
silver
One should note that Shimano’s 11-speed *MTB* rear derailleurs require more
cable pull to shift over 11 speeds than Shimano’s own 11-speed *road* rear
derailleurs, like your Ultegra 6800. The difference is not trivial and
exceeds 20%. Thus, one needs to qualify one’s statement about whether
Andrew, your success makes me happy.
I did a 1x11 a few years ago, with a Silver downtube shifter. That feeling
of “wait, this is EASIER,” was unexpected. I agree that it’s probably
because there is less room to do it wrong.
Philip
Santa Rosa, CA
On Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 2:01:43 PM
