Micro Shift 9sp, peoples opion.

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Any comments.
My Sora right 9sp shifter has failed and short of going to 10sp not wanting another Sora if it can be avoided, I wondered what peoples experience with these are like.
 

lpretro1

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Not very good quality - we've replaced several sets of these in last few months - the front shifter usually breaks first
 
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Pontefract
Not very good quality - we've replaced several sets of these in last few months - the front shifter usually breaks first
Thanks, Chainreactions have 10sp 105 triples in at less £140 at the moment, would a 9sp compatible chainset work ok, if I changed the FD, do you know.
 
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Nigelnaturist
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Pontefract
Should be ok as long as you use 9 spd chain still
I would have thought the other way so long as I use a 10sp as it will be a 10sp rear cassette, anyway I read up and I think from most of the info I read even though the chain rings from a 10sp may be a little narrow for all practicable purposes it wont make any difference as it is so small an amount, I ran 8sp cogs on a 7sp cassette, and had an 8 sp one on my 9sp cluster, but the gap between each sprocket meant I had to use the right size chain, also with the much reading, I am not sure really about the benefit of the 105 over the Tiagra regarding the gear cable, it also looks a lot more complex to set up right as well (cabling) I will probably go with 105 cassettes as apart from the three low gears they are all separate opposed to only 3 or 4 on the Tiagra ones, and since I have a 30-40-52 chainset I don't need an 11th, but I like my current set up of 13-14-15-16-17-19-21-24-28, but as the 105 onlt come as 11-28 or 12-27 I will need to get two over a couple of months then change the lower ones, just ideas firstly I need to get it up and running.
Many thanks for the input.
 
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