3x9 to a 2x9 set up

leef82

hello all, im considering removing the top chain ring and fit a bashguard and only run 2x9 set up due to i very rarely use the top one and have had a couple of puncture wounds from it,
my questoin is, will the shifter have to be changed to 2x? or will it be ok to leave it?

delcol

no you can limmit the movement of the front mech with the limmit screws..

just adjust the limmit screws to suite the new set up..

lostboysaint

delcol wrote:

no you can limmit the movement of the front mech with the limmit screws..

just adjust the limmit screws to suite the new set up..

Is the correct answer. Did exactly that when I moved everything from the Yeti to the Bandit and went from 3x9 to 2x9.

leef82

thanks

benpinnick

Best set up is to have the shifter work in old equivalent of granny and middle, with the outer ring locked out by the mech's adjuster screw. This way you don't end up with a 'ghost granny'.