Mountain Bike Derailleur
Can I convert my Ultegra road bike to a Rapid Rise (low normal) derailleur easily enough?
I’m thinking of going flat-bar on my road bike with the XT dual control levers, but don’t know if a long-armed mountain bike derailleur would work on a road bike.
Is it true that only Mtn Bike derailleurs are Rapid Rise?
Radman – I did the same thing with my old Trek 5200. The rear derailleur for Ultegra/XT should have the same amount of cable pull so this should not be a problem. I’m wondering why you want to go with a long-cage rear derailleur though. Are you going especially large on the cassette? Like a 11-32 or something? Maybe a triple in the front? If you’re keeping standard road gears, you can keep the Ultegra rear derailleur and use the XT dual control lever. I never found trigger shifters to work well with a road front derailleur though. I ended up using an old-school downtube shifter for the front – infinite trim.
Hope that helps.
Mountain Biking : How to Change a Mountain Bike Derailleur
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