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  • 10 speed rear mech on 9 speed – will I die
  • MadBillMcMad
    Full Member

    I need a new rear mech & I am toying going 1*n

    I currently have a 9 speed shifter but there is loads more choice if I want to go Shadow+ on 10 speed.

    So,possibly a daft question, but can I run a 10 speed rear mech on a 9 speed cassette & shifters ?

    Posted 10 years ago
    clubber
    Free Member

    No and it really won’t work.

    IIRC there is a solution using a SRAM rear mech and spacer at the clamp though

    Posted 10 years ago
    cookeaa
    Full Member

    No and it really won’t work.

    IIRC there is a solution using a SRAM rear mech and spacer at the clamp though

    Yup, Won’t work, and by the time you’ve gone and bouts a SRAM shifter to do the bodge you might as well just keep saving for the rest of a 10 speed drivetrain…

    You can of course just go 1×9, there are still lots of 9 speed mechs available but none of them are Shadow+…

    Posted 10 years ago
    asterix
    Free Member

    sorry for a possibly stupid question, but is a shadow+ mech, a clutch mech?

    Posted 10 years ago
    Rich
    Free Member

    sorry for a possibly stupid question, but is a shadow+ mech, a clutch mech?

    Yes.

    Posted 10 years ago
    murf
    Free Member

    Could you use 1×9 and no clutch mech but keep your front mech to keep the chain on?
    Considering this as I can’t remember the last time I uses my big ring and I don’t think I’ve ever used my granny ring!

    Posted 10 years ago
    MadBillMcMad
    Full Member

    cheers,
    guess I will have to leave the from mech on as well then.

    Follow up question,
    Do I need to do anything to convert my Hope XC hub to run 10 speed, such as a new Free hub body ?

    Posted 10 years ago
    Scapegoat
    Full Member

    No, a 10 speed cassette will fit.

    Posted 10 years ago
    MadBillMcMad
    Full Member

    excellent

    Posted 10 years ago
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