Mixing 10 & 11 speed shifters

not-another-hillǃ

Hi,

I have a 10 speed 105 set up currently....can I use the left hand shifter (front double chain rings) and buy an 11 speed right hand shifter (rear cassette) and they will work fine in an 11 speed set up?
(Taking as read that I will change FD, RD, Crankset and chain)

sungod

yes

btw you can keep the fd and crankset, maybe just tweak the fd adjustment a bit - i still use my old 10-speed srm with the rest switched to etap, no issues at all

svetty

Not quite - the cable pull for an 11spd front mech won't work properly with your 10speed L hand shifter - you'd need to keep your old front mech.

not-another-hillǃ

Ok, thanks both...so if I've got this right...

Existing Shimano 10 speed (double) LH shifter, with existing cabling to
Existing Shimano 10 speed (double) FD
New Shimano 11 speed RH shifter, with new cabling to
New Shimano 11 speed RD
Existing Shimano crankset, running a
New Shimano 11 speed chain

Should all work fine together...right?

sungod

yep

one other thing, i think shimano also changed the brake pull on 11-speed levers (they pull more cable)

once set up, they'll still work ok but the feel will be different

raisinberry777

sungod wrote:

yep

one other thing, i think shimano also changed the brake pull on 11-speed levers (they pull more cable)

once set up, they'll still work ok but the feel will be different

That was on the second generation ten speed (5700/6700/7900) rather than 11 speed.

not-another-hillǃ

Brilliant, thanks for all the replies

sungod

raisinberry777 wrote:

That was on the second generation ten speed (5700/6700/7900) rather than 11 speed.

various posts say they did it yet again on 11 speed...

http://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum ... p?t=143226

raisinberry777

You learn something new every day. Thanks.