difference with 10 and 11 speed chainset

shiznit76
shiznit76 Posts: 640
edited February 2019 in Workshop
Hi, can you use a 11 speed chainset but with a 10 speed set up?

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  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    yes
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    yes and vice versa.

    any make works as well - its just a chainset.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • shiznit76
    shiznit76 Posts: 640
    sp could use an 11 speed shimano chainset with 10 speed campag groupet?
  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    yes
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    yes, and vice versa as per MF's post above.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • shiznit76
    shiznit76 Posts: 640
    cheers folks, your informative and speedy replies much appreciated
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    pleasure - always happy to help.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • lesfirth
    lesfirth Posts: 1,382
    I hope Bongo has seen this. A sensible question gets sensible answers. Well done everyone.
  • cycleclinic
    cycleclinic Posts: 6,865
    yes to apoint. I have this on one bike and the front shifting is not quite right. There was a problem for about 18 months where the chain used to get caught on the inner ring going down from big and pull the mech. As i am quite sensistive to these things I did not rip the mech off. If I was just a tad less senstitive I would have ripped of an athena mech and destroyed the intergrated hanger on an old Trek. Chainring wear has solved the issue.

    This 10 speed record chainset (new when fitted) with 11 speed athena kit.

    So it can work but not always well. In short just be a wee bit more careful when front shifting just in case.
    http://www.thecycleclinic.co.uk -wheel building and other stuff.
  • rafletcher
    rafletcher Posts: 1,235
    The difference is in the spacing of the front rings. With 11sp the rings are fractionally (ie less then 0.5mm) closer together than for a 10sp chainring. If, as Malcolm did, you run an 11sp chain on a 10sp chainset, there is a small risk the narrower 11sp chain with the wider set 10sp rings might cause a dropped chain on the downshift.

    For the OP I'd suggest keeping to 10sp chains as well - which will be fine with the 11sp chainset - because an 11sp chain in a 10sp front mech also adds a very small amount of slop,.

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