[thecyclingdad]

Hello,

First post on the forums and I’m already looking for a little advice from the community. Pretty please.

On Boxing Day I took out my Cannondale R700 Stars n bars for a stab at the Leith Hill Octopus. Before we’d even started, I lost all rear shifting. The right shifters seemed to be stuck together.

Anyway, LBS seems to think that the right shifter has gone and don’t think spare parts are available anymore.
It is the right Shimano 105 ST-5500 9-speed shifter.

So… what to do?

1) Treat myself to whole new Groupset (maybe even 10 speed!)?
2) Some kind of hack with Sora or another 9-speed option?
3) Source used or NOS 105 right shifter?
4) Some other clever idea from the community? 🙂

Any help or advice much appreciated.

Thanks,

Andy

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[s_dingsdale]

If it was me, it would be

If it was me, it would be time I told the wife that she needed to work all the overtime that she cuold, and forego the monthly ‘big food shop’ and live off chips and beans for a couple of months as I needed to save the money for a brand new, full carbon fibre, shiney new bike, with shiney new Di2 groupset

[huntswheelers]

Nowt wrong with Sora…..    

Nowt wrong with Sora…..    

[mrvlhs]

Hi, I have a pair of genuine

Hi, I have a pair of genuine Shimano hoods for 55xx/65xx Flight Deck (the ones with just one button) still in the sealed original packaging. Let me know if you’re interested. The number of buttons only matters if you’re going to use the Flight Deck cyclocomputer, otherwise you’re good to go, fit is perfect and brakes and shifting work the same 😉

[thecyclingdad]

I genuinely cannot think
I genuinely cannot think about anything else now. The wait to get my newly fettled bike back tomorrow is excruciating. And there’s a funny and as yet unidentified noise coming from my tourer which has been taken all of the hard miles since before Christmas. So the return of the ‘Dale couldn’t come at a better time! 🙂

[harman_mogul]

Result!
Result!

[mooleur]

thecyclingdad wrote:What I

thecyclingdad wrote:

What I have done, in the end, is found a mechanic with a spare Sora shifter who was willing to provide, fit etc. for £30 all in.

Bargain!

[thecyclingdad]

What I have done, in the end,
What I have done, in the end, is found a mechanic with a spare Sora shifter who was willing to provide, fit etc. for £30 all in.

The way I see it, it’s more or less no cost to have the bike available again as soon as possible and I can still move to a 10 speed option in the future.

So basically, thanks to everyone for advice and support. Eventually, most of it will be used so all valuable.

Cannot wait to pick her up on Wednesday. I have a few local hills that have been missing me. 🙂

[matthewn5]

+1 to the person who said you
+1 to the person who said you don’t need a new rear derailleur. You just need the 10 speed RH shifter and the 10 speed cassette.

[nickobec]

thecyclingdad wrote:allez neg

thecyclingdad wrote:

allez neg wrote:

In the real world, to go from 9 to 10 speed would you need much other than the obvious new shifters and chain/cassette?

I *think* I would need a new 10-speed rear derailleur…

No you don’t, I ran 5500 9 speed RD, FD & crankset with 6600 10 speed shifters, chain and cassette for years without any issues.

My vote is pair of 10 speed shifters, chain and cassette. I have seen the 6600 shifters going relatively cheap as they are the external cable variety.

10 speed chain and cassette are not that expensive.

Welcome to the world of ebay and last minute bids it is called sniping, lots of automated services that will do it for you. I use gixen.com it is free, but I pay for the premium service.

[Malaconotus]

Or just buy and fit a
Or just buy and fit a replacement for the broken part… http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/shimano-st-5500ca-main-lever-assembly-right-hand-id34485.html

[thecyclingdad]

…. so I could just get a
…. so I could just get a pair of 10sp, 105 shifters, chain and cassette? Well that’s exactly the kind of thing I was hoping to discover. Excellent – thanks!

[jason.timothy.jones]

thecyclingdad wrote:allez neg

thecyclingdad wrote:

allez neg wrote:

In the real world, to go from 9 to 10 speed would you need much other than the obvious new shifters and chain/cassette?

I *think* I would need a new 10-speed rear derailleur…

you wont need a new rear mech, the 9 spd will work just fine

[thecyclingdad]

Thanks for the advice
Thanks for the advice joemmo.
All things considered, I’d prefer to keep the groupset matching but it’s good to hear that if the money isn’t there I can compromise without a big loss of… er… enjoyment. (I can’t really use the word “performance” about my riding).

If there is a single right shifter going spare on ebay though, maybe it will be a nice cheap alternative before I can persuade my wife that the Ultegra 10sp Group is really the way forward. 🙂

[thecyclingdad]

allez neg wrote:In the real

allez neg wrote:

In the real world, to go from 9 to 10 speed would you need much other than the obvious new shifters and chain/cassette?

I *think* I would need a new 10-speed rear derailleur…

[allez neg]

In the real world, to go from
In the real world, to go from 9 to 10 speed would you need much other than the obvious new shifters and chain/cassette?

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