sram front derailleur with xtr chainset and shifters?

joejoe

Sram X9 front derailleur (cheap on chainreaction) with my xtr chainset and shifters? Will this work?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Joe

red eye

your chainset will be fine, your shifter might not be compatible sram shift with a ratio of 1:1, that is you move the shifter 10mm the derailler will move 10mm shimano shit a different ratio.

joejoe

Thanks for the help, sounds like I might be better getting an XT instead. Joe

cooldad

Sram front works with Shimano shifters. It's just the rears that need to be the same.

ellsbells1973

cooldad wrote:

Sram front works with Shimano shifters. It's just the rears that need to be the same.

is it not the other way round, that sram shifters work with shimano front mechs?

cooldad

ellsbells1973 wrote:

cooldad wrote:

Sram front works with Shimano shifters. It's just the rears that need to be the same.

is it not the other way round, that sram shifters work with shimano front mechs?

Errrr what's the difference? If the pull is the same they'll be interchangeable.
Either front shifter works with the other mech.

Dirtydog11

ellsbells1973 wrote:

cooldad wrote:

Sram front works with Shimano shifters. It's just the rears that need to be the same.

is it not the other way round, that sram shifters work with shimano front mechs?

No!

Sram front shifters work with Shimano front mechs and Sram front mechs work with Shimano front shifters.

cooldad

That's what I said.

njee20

CD's right, front mechs are interchangeable, rear's are not.

Except XX front mechs, which are different (allegedly!).

The Rookie

Cannondale Rize come with SRAM shifters (X5) and rear mech (X9) and Shimano (Deore) front mech as standard.

Agree with above, front you can mix and match at will, rear you can't (you can some, not others!)

Simon

njee20

The only SRAM rear mechs that are 2:1 are the 'named' ones: Rocket and Attack, the 'numbered' ones are all 1:1 and incompatible with Shimano shifters.