As we increasingly see proprietary standards and closed systems in the cycling industry, a significant court decision in Italy looks set to open ebike ABS,…
As we increasingly see proprietary standards and closed systems in the cycling industry, a significant court decision in Italy looks set to open ebike ABS,…
No, not just you.
Putting together a drivetrain is a fucking pain in the ass because even when shit is interoperable, there is no documentation confirming that.
Just as an example, I have a bike with shifters that attach to the brake levers. Neat, minimalist.
Except the brakes and brake levers are kinda shit, so I’d like to replace them. Except then I’d need a new shifter. Ok fine.
But wait, the derailleur uses an unusual cable-pull-interval that shimano used on literally just this one derailleur-shifter combo, so now I need a new derailleur that’ll work with the new shifter.
It’s fucking infuriating.
If it’s a tiny bit of comfort, you probably don’t need a new derailleur, just a new cassette with the right spacing. The mech itself will likely work with different cable-pull, as long as you’re not drastically changing the number of sprockets on the cassette
I know.
It’s a Tiagra 4700 (works really fucking well, actually) which is 10-speed, but it for some ass-backwards reason uses 11-speed cable pull (but with the actuation for a 10-speed cassette), which isn’t disclosed anywhere.
So it’ll work as-is with any 11-speed shifter, as long as you make sure the mech stops are set so you can’t shift off the cassette.