This question has been asked before with some variations but does quite cover what I want to know.
Having been out on my Altus 531, I like the bike but the suicide shifters are hindering me quite a bit to the point where I wait until I have to shift and then block shift 3 cogs so I don't have to keep taking hands off the bars and looking down.
So I'd like to move to STI, I figured I could just get some 8s brifters and use them without 1 click and use them with my 7s 105 setup. Reading another thread it appears the spacing betwen 7 and 8s is different and they may just tolerate each other but it won't be reliable.
So the next question is can't I just get a new 8s cassette, chain and 8s brifters and fit them?
Also as the 9s stuff is more common will a 9s cassette also fit (with the obligatory chain and brifters) and will my 1055 mech work too (logic says it should if the width is the same)?
Cheers,
Carl.
Having been out on my Altus 531, I like the bike but the suicide shifters are hindering me quite a bit to the point where I wait until I have to shift and then block shift 3 cogs so I don't have to keep taking hands off the bars and looking down.
So I'd like to move to STI, I figured I could just get some 8s brifters and use them without 1 click and use them with my 7s 105 setup. Reading another thread it appears the spacing betwen 7 and 8s is different and they may just tolerate each other but it won't be reliable.
So the next question is can't I just get a new 8s cassette, chain and 8s brifters and fit them?
Also as the 9s stuff is more common will a 9s cassette also fit (with the obligatory chain and brifters) and will my 1055 mech work too (logic says it should if the width is the same)?
Cheers,
Carl.