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Old 07-31-21, 06:18 PM
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8 speed vs 10 speed friction shifting

On my 84 Trek 770 I have the original setup with Campy Record gear. It has friction down tube shifters. I swapped the original rear wheel with a wheel with a campy 10 speed freehub to see how it frction shifted with 10 speeds. Suprisingly the downtube shift levers handle the 10 speed fine although
i have to be fairly precise or I will skip over a gear. I have an 8 speed campy freehub. I am thinking about getting an 8 speed casssette and seeing how the shifting goes with 8 speeds. Thought this forum would be a good one to ask about this, do you think I will have improved friction shifting going from 10 speed to 8 speed ?
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