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Shimano/ Sram compatibility

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  • November 21, 2015 at 2:39 pm #25078
    rjfrussell

    Can Shimano/ Sram groupsets play nicely together.  

    Specifically, can I pop a wheel with Sram Red disc brake rotors and 11spd cassette onto a bike with Shimano Ultegra disc brakes, derailleurs and chain (again 11spd)?

    Thanks in anticipation.

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  • November 23, 2015 at 6:28 pm #863197
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    Al__S

    10 & 11 speed road chains are

    10 & 11 speed road chains are entirely interchangeable, you could happily shove a Camapg chain on an SRAM rear and Shimano front mech.

    November 23, 2015 at 11:32 am #863195
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    rjfrussell

    any other experiences much

    any other experiences much appreciated

    November 21, 2015 at 9:49 pm #863193
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    rjfrussell

    I think they are pretty

    I think they are pretty straight.  More a question of whether they have had a quirky/ weird/ unrepresentative problem, or is there likely to be an issue.

    The specific swap I would be looking at would be putting a Sram cassette into an otherwise all Ultegra bike.

    November 21, 2015 at 8:10 pm #863191
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    severs1966

    People have been using SRAM

    People have been using SRAM chains (i.e. Sachs-Sedis chains) on Shimano groupsets for many years. There is no problem, except that the bike shop may want to sell you a Shimano chain because it costs more and lasts a shorter time, so there is more money to be made.

    I don’t know about Shimano chains on SRAM cogs though.

    November 21, 2015 at 6:19 pm #863189
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    mike the bike
    rjfrussell wrote:
    that’s what I have read elsewhere, but my LBS say they have had problems in the past with people trying to run Shimano chains on SRAM cassettes or vice versa.

     

    As has already been said, the two brands of chain and cassette are interchangeable.  I know a couple of experienced riders who use SRAM chains on their otherwise Shimano equipped bikes as they believe they last much longer.  

    Is it possible, do you think, that the LBS has a keen interest in selling chains and cassettes?

     

    But swapping disc wheels from frame to frame is much more problematic.  If you are lucky a little readjustment will see you through but it could require more serious fiddling with calliper mounts.  This is one reason why some pro’ teams are sceptical about discs in the peloton; the neutral service cars won’t carry wheels for all the differing bikes in the race.

     

    November 21, 2015 at 5:04 pm #863187
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    rjfrussell

    that’s what I have read

    that’s what I have read elsewhere, but my LBS say they have had problems in the past with people trying to run Shimano chains on SRAM cassettes or vice versa.

    November 21, 2015 at 3:11 pm #863185
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    CXR94Di2

    Sram and shimano are
    Sram and shimano are interchangeable

    November 21, 2015 at 2:49 pm #863183
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    rjfrussell

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