Using a "Low-Normal" derailer with Ultegra bar end shifters: Mother may I?

[Tony]

Hi,

I'm assembling a basket-case Gary Fisher my nephew gave me. I've
gutted the frame and cleaned it and am getting parts in daily for it
from Ebay. I won a RD-M760 rear derailer and when I got it, I couldn't
help but notice that the spring was in backwards... or was it? I
called my buddy who knows alot about bikes and he said I can't use it
with my bike. Seems to me it would work but the shifter would be
backwards compared to what i'm used to, but I don't know.. Anyone have
any suggestions? Should I trade it for a regular rear derailer or just
use this one?

Thanks,
Tony

 

[Dan Daniel]

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 01:53:18 GMT, Tony <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>Hi,
>
>I'm assembling a basket-case Gary Fisher my nephew gave me. I've
>gutted the frame and cleaned it and am getting parts in daily for it
>from Ebay. I won a RD-M760 rear derailer and when I got it, I couldn't
>help but notice that the spring was in backwards... or was it? I
>called my buddy who knows alot about bikes and he said I can't use it
>with my bike. Seems to me it would work but the shifter would be
>backwards compared to what i'm used to, but I don't know.. Anyone have
>any suggestions? Should I trade it for a regular rear derailer or just
>use this one?
>
>Thanks,
>Tony

It will work fine with the bar ends. Just the other way around.- as
you push the right lever down, you will be going to lower gears. Which
matches the front shifting, if that matters to you. According to the
second review here-

http://www.roadbikereview.com/Shifters/Shimano,Dura-Ace,SL-BS77/PRD_28086_2511crx.aspx

one user found shifting got better with a rapid ride derailleur like
yours.

 

[daveornee]

Tony wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm assembling a basket-case Gary Fisher my nephew gave me. I've gutted
> the frame and cleaned it and am getting parts in daily for it from Ebay.
> I won a RD-M760 rear derailer and when I got it, I couldn't help but
> notice that the spring was in backwards... or was it? I called my buddy
> who knows alot about bikes and he said I can't use it with my bike.
> Seems to me it would work but the shifter would be backwards compared to
> what i'm used to, but I don't know.. Anyone have any suggestions? Should
> I trade it for a regular rear derailer or just use this one?
> Thanks, Tony



You are right, it will just work " backwards", but the indexing will be
fine and your bar-end wil shift it. Finish your build and ride it over
to your "buddy who knows alot about bikes" and give him another lesson.
We are all still learning.



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[T]

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 04:01:10 GMT, daveornee
<[email protected]> wrote:

>You are right, it will just work " backwards", but the indexing will be
>fine and your bar-end wil shift it. Finish your build and ride it over
>to your "buddy who knows alot about bikes" and give him another lesson.
>We are all still learning.



HAH! Thanks guys!