Currently using Shimano 105 5800 11-speed shifters and mechs and cassette, 2x11, is there a clutch rear mech that will work with the 105 11-speed shifters?
Mainly to stop dropped chain and chain slap as the bike gets used more like a hardtail mtb at times.
I want to keep the double chainring up front for road riding duties.
Perhaps I'm being dumb.... but would a Shimano 10 or 11 speed rear mech not work? I have an M960 one kicking around somewhere.
As long as the shifter cable pull matches the rear cassette spacing (both 105) then the mech should work ok ??
No. MTB 10/11 mechs* have different cable pull.
If you were 10spd then a 9spd MTB mech would work...but they aren't clutch 🙄
[*Shimano]
chaincatcher and chainstay cover not enough?
As above and no need on a 1x as NW ring does most of the retention work, and less chain slack.
Just to comment on the above - is that correct, I can use a 9sp mtb mech with my 10sp tiagra shifters?
If so that's brill and exactly what I have been pondering.
Not if your tiagra is 4700.
If you fit a [url= http://www.wolftoothcomponents.com/collections/derailleur-optimization/products/tanpan ]Tanpan [/url]you can make a 10 or 11 speed shimano mtb mech work with equivalent road shifters (just not Tiagra 4700 as noted above).
Rode to work this morning on my clutched (SRAM) cross bike, so nice when everything is silent!
Thanks for the replies.
Nothings ever simple is it?!!
That Tanpan from Wolftooth looks the same as an avid Rollamajig??
Another tanpan user here. Happily using the 11s one with a 11s road shifters to move a 10s zee mech on a 10s cassette. Also used the 10s one with 10s shifters to make a 2x10 mtb drivetrain work on a roadish bike for touring.
Someone else (problem solvers?) do something similar- friend of mine is using it happily enough. Might have seen it on SJS.
Thanks swanny853, looks like there's a J-Tek one at SJS that does a similar job.