Overview Chat Bike Members News Women
Viewing 6 posts - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)
  • Quick question – will a MTB Front mech work with a road STI shifter?
  • Swalsey
    Free Member

    As above please – quick answers welcomed as I'm bidding on ebay!

    Thanks in advance 🙂

    Posted 14 years ago
    druidh
    Free Member

    No

    Posted 14 years ago
    holyhutzpa
    Free Member

    Yes! I have an old deore mech on road campy stis! they're fine
    all front mechs work the same, i believe
    (beware of size and top/bottom pull)

    Posted 14 years ago
    clubber
    Free Member

    For shimano, yes but
    mixing with campag works but isn't perfect.

    Posted 14 years ago
    boxelder
    Full Member

    The spring rates are different – road shifters have greater pull (leverage from long lever) – makes it hard to get mtb shifters to work with road mechs. Not sure about the other way round.

    Posted 14 years ago
    aracer
    Free Member

    Yes! I have an old deore mech on road campy stis! they're fine
    all front mechs work the same, i believe

    Not a good example, as Campy front shifters aren't indexed, so you don't have the same issue. You're wrong, all front mechs don't work the same – Shimano road ones have a different cable pull to Shimano MTB ones. It very certainly won't work out of the box – though it is possible to bodge.

    See http://www.ctc.org.uk/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=%204068 for more details.

    Posted 14 years ago
Viewing 6 posts - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)

The topic ‘Quick question – will a MTB Front mech work with a road STI shifter?’ is closed to new replies.

Overview Chat Bike Members News Women

RAFFLE ENDS FRIDAY 8PM