"Ron Ruff" <
[email protected]> writes:
> On Apr 15, 9:56 am, Gary Young <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 08:06:59 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>> > I'm trying to upgrade my bicycle without dropping too much money. I
>> > was wondering whether it's possible to use Shimano derailers with
>> > Campy Ergopower shifters. Anyone?
>>
>> Yes. One method involves clamping the derailleur cable in a slightly
>> different way to alter the cable pull:
>>
>> http://hubbub.com/articles_ergopower.html
>>
>> I tried that and couldn't get the derailleur to shift across all 9 cogs,
>> but others have reported success here. Try a search in the archives for
>> hubbub.
>
> I'm using Hubbub with a DA der. and it works well, but I think spacing
> the cable over just a hair farther would work better. It is for 10spd
> shifters and a 9sdp drivetrain, though... if you want 10spd you'll
> need the jtek. I'd recommend trying a washer under the tabbed washer
> so that the cable ends up closer to the middle of the tab. If you like
> to fiddle you could could cut and bend your own tabbed washer and get
> it perfect.
I think the only permutation not covered by the stock Jtek product
range is 10s ergo shifters + shimano der + 10s campy sprockets. A
call to Jay (the "J" in Jtek) get's you a custom part and a
bend-over-backwards to make the customer happy attitude, and just
about the fastest custom service I've ever seen, which I guess
involves some custom machining the diameter of one of the pulleys in
his winch/transmission mechanism. Surprisingly, he said no one had
asked for it yet. And I couldn't be (happier), having been spared the
expense of yet another Campy der.
I previously understood hubbub can lead to a requirement for miniscule
fudging w/ the shifter to tune out slight misalignment noise on some
sprockets, something I'd come to live with when running stock ultegra
10s sprockets on an otherwise Campy system, before going the Wheels
Manufacturing "accelerator 10" route, which works great. Jay (Jtek)
confirmed that the hubbub is pretty close, but not always on the
straight and narrow, and he seemed pretty genuine and on-the-level,
rather than just after my business So rather than spend time with a
weird, accidentily discovered cable attachment hack, I just splurged
on the Jtek.
I'm kindof surprised Shimano hasn't reengineered their der to break
the hubbub hack. MS would have taken care of that "problem" with an
emergency fix all-points-bulletin for immediate download, under the
guise of security, much as the current administration operates, or any
other run-of-the-mill shyster organization.
Bill Westphal
