11 speed Sram shifter with Shimano mech?

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11 speed Sram shifter with Shimano mech?
reeksy
Full Member

Does it work?

Given the state of my mech I’m in the market for a new one.

Posted 6 months ago

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markspark
Free Member

Not done that way round as don’t like sram shifters but did Shimano shifter and sram mech and it worked fine so can’t see why it wouldn’t

Posted 6 months ago

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rickmeister
Full Member

I have an Eagle shifter and Shimano mech working perfectly with 12 speed so would think that the 11speed version and gear indexing would be fine.

Posted 6 months ago

submarined
Free Member

12 speed is ok, but my understanding is that for 11sp that the pull ratio is different enough for them not to work

Posted 6 months ago

cookeaa
Full Member

Different pull ratios, you won’t line up all 11 clicks.

I’m using an 11speed (Gripshift) with an M5100 mech, but that’s on a 10 speed cassette,.

SRAM 11 speed “X-Actuation” is close enough to Dynasis 10 speed click for click that it works with one dead position.

Posted 6 months ago

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arogers
Free Member

They work. I’ve run most combos of SRAM/Shimano 11sp and it works fine. I can’t tell any difference in shift quality. The official answer though is no, since the shifters pull slightly different amounts of cable (about 0.1mm different).

Shimano XT vs SRAM GX mechs is a no-brainer IMO. Low end SRAM derailleurs are such trash and I can’t bring myself to pay the ridiculous prices for their high-end ones.

Posted 6 months ago

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slowol
Full Member

The Shiftmate compatibility charts suggest it should work fine. If it didn’t they’d sell you a Shiftmate to make it work.

Shiftmate Compatibility Charts and Choices

Posted 6 months ago

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lovewookie
Full Member

I run GX 11 speed gripshifts with a 10 and an 11 speed shimano mech’s on 10 and 11 speed cassettes and it works a treat.

Posted 6 months ago

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Akers
Full Member

I run a SRAM X0 11sp shifter, with an XT 11 speed medium cage mech and SRAM XG1150 cassette, it shifts perfectly.

Posted 6 months ago

aldo56
Free Member

Works great – 11 speed GX shifter with a XT mech here.

Posted 6 months ago

reeksy
Full Member

I’m now running an X1 shifter with XT mech a Sunrace 11-46 cassette and a 12-speed SLX(?) chain.

I think it’s shifting better than it ever did with SRAM derailleurs.

Posted 5 months ago