Two peas in a pod or a bad idear.

Werbo

I am running on shimano at the moment but im wanting to upgrade to SRAM, do these to makes work well together or just a bad idea? The reason of doing this is i don't really have the cash for a full group set strait away.

thistle_

The general rule of thumb is you can't use SRAM shifters with Shimano rear deraileurs (There are some exceptions). I think you can use SRAM shifters with a Shimano front derailleur but I'm not 100% sure.

You can swap your Shimano chain for an SRAM chain no problem. You can swap your Shimano chainrings and cassette for SRAM ones no problem either.

Chains and sprockets from one manufacturer are probably optimised to work with their own brand but I've never noticed any difference in shifting performance. If you are changing things bit by bit at least you'll find out which brand works best for you.

Werbo

thanks for that, shifters and front mech its going to be first then.

nehal

Im not sure about the shifters and derailleurs but my bike came with an SRAM cassette with Sora sora shifters and derailleurs. So some mix and match could work, although not sure to what extent.

cycleclinic

Jtek shiftmate will sort your compatability issues. Google it.

andy_wrx

The shifters and rear mech need to be the same make, can't easily mix them (for price of Shiftmate I wouldn't bother, just get the rear mech at same time as shifters)

Everything else will work together fine, so you can change in stages if you need to afford it
- Shimano & SRAM cassettes are interchangeable anyway
- front mech, chainset, chain & brakes will be fine mix&match

k-dog

^ exactly, the spacing is identical so cassettes and chains are totally interchangeable. It's just the mechs and shifters that need to match as the pull ration is different.

smoggysteve

Here is the general rule here

1, remove the shimano parts
2, remove the SRAM parts.
3, Put them in a bin
4, BUY CAMPAGNOLO - no compatibility worries ever again

smoggysteve

I did have a guide to cross compatability on all SRAM and Shimano parts. I will hunt around for it and post when I do.

rozzer32

SmoggySteve wrote:

Here is the general rule here

1, remove the shimano parts
2, remove the SRAM parts.
3, Put them in a bin
4, BUY CAMPAGNOLO - no compatibility worries ever again

Useful, cheers for that.

smoggysteve

http://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum ... =3&t=50450

Not the original one I had but close

smidsy

SmoggySteve wrote:

Here is the general rule here

1, remove the shimano parts
2, remove the SRAM parts.
3, Put them in a bin
4, BUY CAMPAGNOLO - no compatibility with any of your existing tools

FIFY

smoggysteve

smidsy wrote:

SmoggySteve wrote:

Here is the general rule here

1, remove the shimano parts
2, remove the SRAM parts.
3, Put them in a bin
4, BUY CAMPAGNOLO - no compatibility with any of your existing tools

FIFY

You buy new tools and never need to hear the name shimano or SRAM again. Tools are not that expensive, and if you do buy expensive tools instead of more cost effective ones the word TOOL has more than one meaning here.