Building a Hybrid

[Bob D'Amato]

I am building a hybrid/city bike out of a Cannonade XR800 cyclocross frame and have a couple of
questions. I would like to use the Ultegra triple (FC-6503) crank, the Ultegra FD-6503 Front
Derailleur, RD 6500-GS rear, Ultegra 9 speed cassette, and Deore XT ST-M760 dual control levers. Are
the Deore levers compatible with the Ultegra derailleurs? (I want to use a straight bar). If not, is
there a MTB shifter that will work with the Ultegra components?

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[Mseries]

Bob D'Amato wrote:
> I am building a hybrid/city bike out of a Cannonade XR800 cyclocross frame and have a couple of
> questions. I would like to use the Ultegra triple (FC-6503) crank, the Ultegra FD-6503 Front
> Derailleur, RD 6500-GS rear, Ultegra 9 speed cassette, and Deore XT ST-M760 dual control levers.
> Are the Deore levers compatible with the Ultegra derailleurs? (I want to use a straight bar). If
> not, is there a MTB shifter that will work with the Ultegra components?

Can't say for sure but AFAIK all Shimano rear mechs have the same multiplier factor that is the
amount of cable pull that is converted into mech cage movement per click. E.g. a cable pull of 2 mm
will move the mech 5 mm is a
2.5 multiplier - THIS IS AN EXAMPLE AND NOT REAL NUMBERS. Therefore all shifters must pull the same
amount of cable per click therefore I would expect them to work.

I have used 105 6 speed levers with a new XT rear mech perfectly.

 

[H. M. Leary]

In article <[email protected]>,
"Bob D'Amato" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am building a hybrid/city bike out of a Cannonade XR800 cyclocross frame and have a couple of
> questions. I would like to use the Ultegra triple (FC-6503) crank, the Ultegra FD-6503 Front
> Derailleur, RD 6500-GS rear, Ultegra 9 speed cassette, and Deore XT ST-M760 dual control levers.
> Are the Deore levers compatible with the Ultegra derailleurs? (I want to use a straight bar). If
> not, is there a MTB shifter that will work with the Ultegra components?
>
>
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My ³cyclecross² has a flat bar with XTR rapid fire shifters. Fd = DuraAce Cranks = 53-39-30 Rd = XTR
Casette = XTR

The XTR shifter works fine, but you have to hold it shifting from 39-53. I may change out to a 42
for the middle.

Enjoy

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[Robert Strickla]

"Bob D'Amato" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> I am building a hybrid/city bike out of a Cannonade XR800 cyclocross frame and have a couple of
> questions. I would like to use the Ultegra triple (FC-6503) crank, the Ultegra FD-6503 Front
> Derailleur, RD 6500-GS rear, Ultegra 9 speed cassette, and Deore XT ST-M760 dual control
> levers. Are
the
> Deore levers compatible with the Ultegra derailleurs? (I want to use a straight bar). If not, is
> there a MTB shifter that will work with the Ultegra components?
>

The rear derailleurs are cross compatible between mountain and road groups but the front derailleurs
arent. Therefore, the Deore XT brake/shifters probably won't work well with the Ultegra FD. Shimano,
however, makes road shifters for flat handlebars that look and work just like the mountain bike
shifters and are compatible with your FD. Here they are available from a German mailorder company
for 55 Euros:

http://www.roseversand.de/rose_main.cfm?KAT_ID=1178&PRD_ID=12861&spr_id=1&MID=0&CID=175

They shouldn't be hard to find where you are either.

Rob Strickland

 

[Bbense+Rec Bicy]

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In article <[email protected]>, Robert Strickland
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Bob D'Amato" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>> I am building a hybrid/city bike out of a Cannonade XR800 cyclocross frame and have a couple of
>> questions. I would like to use the Ultegra triple (FC-6503) crank, the Ultegra FD-6503 Front
>> Derailleur, RD 6500-GS rear, Ultegra 9 speed cassette, and Deore XT ST-M760 dual control
>> levers. Are
>the
>> Deore levers compatible with the Ultegra derailleurs? (I want to use a straight bar). If not, is
>> there a MTB shifter that will work with the Ultegra components?
>>
>
>The rear derailleurs are cross compatible between mountain and road groups but the front
>derailleurs arent. Therefore, the Deore XT brake/shifters probably won't work well with the Ultegra
>FD. Shimano, however, makes road shifters for flat handlebars that look and work just like the
>mountain bike shifters and are compatible with your FD. Here they are available from a German
>mailorder company for 55 Euros:
>
>http://www.roseversand.de/rose_main.cfm?KAT_ID=1178&PRD_ID=12861&spr_id=1&MID=0&CID=175
>
>They shouldn't be hard to find where you are either.
>

- - They also make a road front derailluer that works with flat bar shifters. See Sheldon Brown's
website. Personally, I would search Ebay for old Deore thumb shifters, but I like friction
shifting...

_ Booker C. Bense

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