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Is this a bad idea:
I have a road bike I'm building up and want to put dia-compe ENE wing shifters to shift a Shimano 11 speed RD on an 11s campagnolo cassette?
I can’t see why it would be a particularly bad idea. One of the benefits of friction shifting is that you are free to mix brands and speeds etc.
There is an argument that for friction shifting, fewer, more spaced out cogs in the cassette gives better results but I’m sure there are plenty people friction shifting 11 and 12 speed set ups. I have an Ene thumby that I’m using with a 10speed mech/cassette and I have been thinking I’d like to try an 8 speed cassette to see if the shifts would feel more ‘positive’ but it does work fine as it sits.
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friction shifting 11 and 12 speed
Yep absolutely fine. Few rides to get used to the lever travel per cog, then your good as gold.
When I went back to 9 speed, it felt weird that I needed to move the lever so much.
Only benefit i found was that if your shifter isn't the done up to the right tightness, it can slip a little to the smaller cog.
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Cool thank you
RonnieOatmilk
EasyAndy
Is this a bad idea:
I have a road bike I'm building up and want to put dia-compe ENE wing shifters to shift a Shimano 11 speed RD on an 11s campagnolo cassette?
Reasoning: I have some nice wheels with a campag free hub and 11s cassette, but I'm quite poor. The wing shifters aren't cheap but if I bought that then I could save money on RD. Ideally it'll be 2 x 11. I have a double chainset
Fears: read conflicting information about mixing is a great idea, it's a bad idea, it won't work, it'll work flawlessly etc
Further question: do you need a specific type of RD mechanism to work with the wing shifters, ie indexed, non indexed or something like that
Anything else I should be thinking about (like buying a complete bike instead, stick to single speeds, buying a modern BMX or get another hobby😭)
I'm also building another bike for my partner that will be matched up but a chunk of that one came for free which pushed me in that direction