rear der. and shifter compatible

ella said:

will an 8 spd. campy egroshifter work with a shimano xt 8 spd rear
der.?

No.

Quoted message said:

i want to set up a touring bike with lower gears and am trying to find
away to do this and still use my campy chorus 8 spd shifters.

There are ways to get lower gearing even with Campagnolo stuff, though
not as low as you can go with Shimano.

Assuming the bike has a triple crank, you can go as small as 24 teeth
for the granny gear.

See: http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/74

In the back, you can generally get down to about a 28 or 30 tooth
sprocket with pretty much any modern rear derailer. Don't be misled by
the listed capacity, see:

http://sheldonbrown.com/gloss_ca-m.html#capacity

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(ella) said:

will an 8 spd. campy egroshifter work with a shimano xt 8 spd rear
der.?
i want to set up a touring bike with lower gears and am trying to find
away to do this and still use my campy chorus 8 spd shifters.

thanks

Wanna buy an 8sp Record rear derailleur? or buy any Campy rear
derailleur. Veloce looks and works fine.

bikeella-<< will an 8 spd. campy egroshifter work with a shimano xt 8 spd rear
der.? >><BR><BR>

Nope but you can use any of the modern Campagnolo mid or long cage rear ders
with those shifters, it'll work great, we do this all the time.

Don't believe what some web based 'experts' say about using a
modern(2001/2/3/4) Campagnolo rear der with older shifters. They seem to have
never tried it. We have and it works just fine without any modification.

Peter Chisholm
Vecchio's Bicicletteria
1833 Pearl St.
Boulder, CO, 80302
(303)440-3535
http://www.vecchios.com
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Capt Bike-<< There are ways to get lower gearing even with Campagnolo stuff,
though
not as low as you can go with Shimano. >><BR><BR>

This gent, using a long cage Campagnolo rear der, like a Veloce one, and he can
use say a 11-34 w/o problem. Add some black Campagnolo spacers to a lower end
8s cogset, it'll work great.

Peter Chisholm
Vecchio's Bicicletteria
1833 Pearl St.
Boulder, CO, 80302
(303)440-3535
http://www.vecchios.com
"Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"