RD-4500 and FD-4500
11-24-10, 05:30 AM
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RD-4500 and FD-4500
RD-4500 and FD-4500 will these work with friction shifters?
11-24-10, 08:59 AM
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I'm not exactly Sheldon Brown, but I can't think of a case in which any mechanical derailer wouldn't work with friction shifters. The incompatibilities you have when mixing and matching indexed shifters and deraillers are because of cable pull, and a friction shifter has essentially an infinite variability in pull. :-)
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You might find some variety of older friction shifters that don't have enough cable pull to get you across a wide cassette.
But it's not that the derailleurs are incompatible with the shifters.
But it's not that the derailleurs are incompatible with the shifters.
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Thanks very much folks that's what I needed to know many thanks.
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