SRAM S-700 2 x 11 Flat Bar Shifters - Operation/Set-up
arlowood
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Hi guys - just posted this recently in the Road Workshop Forum but thought there could be more knowledge in the MTB world that might help answer my query
"Need some help here.
Have volunteered to convert my PX London Road to a flat bar version for my grandson. Currently fitted with drop bars and SRAM Rival22 2 x 11 speed shifters.
Following some research I purchased and have received a set of SRAM S-700 2 x 11 speed flat bar shifters which are reputed to be compatible with the RIval front and rear mechs already on the bike. The front and rear shifters look like this:-
I took them out of the box(they come with the inner cables already installed) and maybe foolishly had a go at actuating the front shifter to check if it was double tap as each shifter only has one lever that moves. The lever did move a fair distance and there was an audible click. I am assuming that as supplied the shifter was in the default "low" or small chain ring position and that the long travel and click represented the action needed to move the FD over onto the big ring. Problem is however that the lever now appears to be stuck in that position and only moves a short distance before it stops.
I can't find any User Manuals or other tech data sheets to help with the set up and installation of these shifters. I'm afraid SRAM appear lax in this respect compared to Shimano.
Have I banjaxed the unit or is it just that the shifter needs some spring tension on it from the FD to get the double tap mechanism to work and drop the actuator back to the "low" position.
Maybe some of you guys with MTB experience and knowledge of SRAM double tap flat bar systems could chip in.
I haven't dared to touch the 11-speed rear shifter until I know what I should be doing."
"Need some help here.
Have volunteered to convert my PX London Road to a flat bar version for my grandson. Currently fitted with drop bars and SRAM Rival22 2 x 11 speed shifters.
Following some research I purchased and have received a set of SRAM S-700 2 x 11 speed flat bar shifters which are reputed to be compatible with the RIval front and rear mechs already on the bike. The front and rear shifters look like this:-
I took them out of the box(they come with the inner cables already installed) and maybe foolishly had a go at actuating the front shifter to check if it was double tap as each shifter only has one lever that moves. The lever did move a fair distance and there was an audible click. I am assuming that as supplied the shifter was in the default "low" or small chain ring position and that the long travel and click represented the action needed to move the FD over onto the big ring. Problem is however that the lever now appears to be stuck in that position and only moves a short distance before it stops.
I can't find any User Manuals or other tech data sheets to help with the set up and installation of these shifters. I'm afraid SRAM appear lax in this respect compared to Shimano.
Have I banjaxed the unit or is it just that the shifter needs some spring tension on it from the FD to get the double tap mechanism to work and drop the actuator back to the "low" position.
Maybe some of you guys with MTB experience and knowledge of SRAM double tap flat bar systems could chip in.
I haven't dared to touch the 11-speed rear shifter until I know what I should be doing."
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There are 2 levers on that shifter - the obvious long one and the short, stubby one with a hole in the middle (bottom right in the first picture).
Check the inner cable hasn't moved and jammed the mechanism.
I assume you can lift that rubber cover and see the end of the cable.“Life has been unfaithful
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JBA wrote:There are 2 levers on that shifter - the obvious long one and the short, stubby one with a hole in the middle (bottom right in the first picture).
Check the inner cable hasn't moved and jammed the mechanism.
I assume you can lift that rubber cover and see the end of the cable.
Cheers JBA
I was a bit confused and thought the short stubby protrusion was just somewhere to anchor a finger so that you could exert maximum pressure on the long lever.
Just checked and the short lever does move a short distance in the same direction as the long lever and the cable is released back to the default "low" position. It's quite stiff and moves a bit counter-intuitively to the actual ergonomics ie with it's shape it looks more like it should be pulled in the opposite direction to the movement of the long lever.
All sorted now hopefully. Still baffled at the lack of online user manuals/ tech docs for these SRAM shifters.0
