JTek Shiftmate

[Rhythm Thief]

Anyone used one? I have a bike with a Shimano 9 speed freehub and cassette and Campag 9 speed shifters and derailleurs. I bought a Shiftmate 1 a while ago and found that, if anything, it made it worse, but in the light of the almost universal positive reviews of the thing, I'm wondering if I fitted it wrong, although I diligently followed the instructions. (For the record, I was using the correct Shiftmate (#1) and I had switched the pulley around so the cable entered the large side.) For various reasons, changing the rear wheel is not practical. Anyone used these things successfully?

 

[rivers]

I use one (8a I think) to run a MTB rear mech with my 105 brifters. Works pretty flawlessly tbh.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

I'd forgotten that I'd already posted a thread about this! It's all academic now as I've found a Campag hub in the bits box and should be able to simply rebuild the rear wheel onto it.

 

[oldandslow]

For what it's worth, I've got three or four on different cycles, including one that I'm using to convert between old and new Campag 9-speed.