Some advice please?! I want to use a cheap Sora or Tiagra short cage rear mech with my Shimano 9 speed cassette (11/34) and shifter with a single 30t chainring. Apart from perhaps needing to run the b tension screw the other way round or finding a slightly longer one, there isn't any reason why this won't work is there?
it didn't work when I tried it a few years ago..32 was max it would stretch to.the newer ones are rated to 30t instead of 27t so it would probl. work.pretty noisy tho.
Thanks! Might have to have a re-think...
any reson behind wanting road mech over a mtb mech? or just whats in the parts bin?
Price really rp. Less than £20 for a short cage road compared with over twice as much for a Zee.
just go with a older pre shadow lx/xt mech they survive a nuke attack let allone a few winters and will do the desierd ratios ok may be a long cage but if need be then itl work i just fitted one to the cross bike and still working superb must be 10+ years old.
Cheers. Think I might have one somewhere.