Shimano Shifter - Dérailleur compatibility

[veloman]

Looking at an upgrade on daughters bike. She has Shimano ST-2200 shifters (8 speed); can I use any shimano front and rear dérailleur combination with these shifters, specifically looking at replacing with a second hand 9 speed 105 set-up?

 

[RecordAceFromNew]

No those shifters won't work with all Shimano front and rear derailleurs, but yes they should work fine with 9 speed 105 components.

 

[andy_wrx]

They'll work with practically-all Shimano F&R mechs, with the exception of 10speed MTB rear mechs and most MTB front mechs.

The mechs don't have to be the same 'number of speeds' - what must match are the shifters and the cassette.

So you could run Shimano 8sp, 9sp or 10sp mechs and the 9sp Shimano 5500 you're considering will be fine.

 

[veloman]

Thanks for the replies, upgrade ordered, hopefully a happy daughter.

It really is so useful having a forum like this to rely on for a fast informative response, especially living in France where my French just isn't sufficient to pose questions like this locally.