Brifter indication not right ?

[DCBassman]

Must admit i have just been through the parts bin and couldn't find any similar in my garage , might just run as is and get use to it

Looking at the spec sheet for the brifter, the number disc should be some sort of pop-on-off item. When the brifter becomes spare, I'll see if I can remove it.

 

[mcshroom]

Stick a new sticker on the shifter with the numbers the other way up?

 

[chriscross1966]

Be careful mixing road and mtb gearing parts, my memory is firing off warningz about cable pull and pull ratios on the derailleur with shimano... trouble is the only stuff I've bothered studying is Campagnolo and 8-and-below Campy is all the same...

 

[DCBassman]

Be careful mixing road and mtb gearing parts, my memory is firing off warningz about cable pull and pull ratios on the derailleur with shimano... trouble is the only stuff I've bothered studying is Campagnolo and 8-and-below Campy is all the same...

For Shimano rear derailleurs up to 9-speed, mix and match works pretty well, if not flawlessly, between road and MTB. Front derailleurs, that's a whole 'nother thang...

 

[fossyant]

For Shimano rear derailleurs up to 9-speed, mix and match works pretty well, if not flawlessly, between road and MTB. Front derailleurs, that's a whole 'nother thang...

Erm, don't mention Dura Ace 8 speed, that only works with Dura Ace Speed kit - mech and shifter unique. Fortunately, it never broke, and is still on my best bike. Mixed and matched Shimano 6,7,8, speed stuff lots.

 

[biggs682]

Current thoughts are to swap the flat bars for a set of drops and fit bar ends but will see

 

[DCBassman]

Erm, don't mention Dura Ace 8 speed, that only works with Dura Ace Speed kit - mech and shifter unique. Fortunately, it never broke, and is still on my best bike. Mixed and matched Shimano 6,7,8, speed stuff lots.

Lol, I suppose I wasn't thinking of quite such rarified beasts!

 

[Heltor Chasca]

Stick a new sticker on the shifter with the numbers the other way up?

You were the kid at school who took the stickers off a Rubick’s Cube weren’t you?

 

[Venod]

Paint the numbers black so you don't have any, I have always thought gear indicators on bikes a waste of time, the MTB ones on trigger shifters are removed if present on any bike I buy, I don't know why Shimano still fit them.