Prince Albert Cycles Posted June 29, 2018 Share Gurus pse help.Customer has a road bike ( beautifull old Look Hinault KG 76 model ) but due to customers age he can not ride on the drops. He wants a mtb bar . He gave me a set of Shimano Cera 9 speed mtb shifters .Bike has Shimano 9 x 3 road cranks.I got the rear sorted but on the front the chain goes up using all 3 gears but going down does not work. Either does not go down or goes 2 down with one clickMy logic ? tells me that it wont work because the release on the left shifter gives a greater gap than the spacing on the front chainrings.Solution ?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave303e Posted June 29, 2018 Share washers on the chainring bolts to re-space them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickD Posted June 29, 2018 Share The Mtb front shifter pulls more cable than the road shifter. You can jippo it work by leaving a lot of cable slack when on the small ring. Better to get a flat bar shifter, FDR443A if I remember correctly. The Campagnolo Xenon triple or old Record triple would also work better on account of the longer pivot that cuts down the movement of the cage.Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidersky Posted June 29, 2018 Share This thread is shite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalahari Vegmot Posted June 29, 2018 Share Cable pull between shimano road and mtb shifters differ for the front derailleur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevovo Posted June 29, 2018 Share I dont know any MTB shiters but Tom Dumoulin is a famous road shiter.  (sorry ...just could not resist) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalahari Vegmot Posted June 29, 2018 Share Sram has the same ratio front and rear for road/mtb(the older stuff anyway). Maybe put on a Sram front derailleur+shifter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Marshall Posted June 29, 2018 Share Rather get a set of road flat bar shifters (9sp Sora) and flat bar brakes. Not only is the MTB/Road FD a problem but linear pull MTB brakes and road calipers have different brake cable pull as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenReaper Posted July 1, 2018 Share Rather get a set of road flat bar shifters (9sp Sora) and flat bar brakes. Not only is the MTB/Road FD a problem but linear pull MTB brakes and road calipers have different brake cable pull as well.What he said. There are dedicated flat bar shifters for road groupsets, get the right parts for the job and you'll have no hassles. Sent from my SM-A520F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie Stewart Posted July 1, 2018 Share I dont know any MTB shiters but Tom Dumoulin is a famous road  (sorry ...just could not resist) Sam Gaze jumps to mind...He is quite the MTB shite of late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter-morgan Posted July 1, 2018 Share I have done this on my wife's bike, Make sure to use Gear 2-3 if you have 3 speed shifters on a 2 speed crank. I have a 105 FD and OLD 9 speed SLX shifters. Shift from 1 -2 Cable pulls quite a bit, shift from 2-3 pulls the right amount. I have SLX 2/3 speed shifters for sale if you interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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