Looking for silver ultegra 9s long cage RD

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Sam Perez

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Oct 25, 2020, 2:21:43 PM10/25/20
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Any one have silver ultegra 9s long cage RD. Open to equivalent alternatives will pair with DA 9sp down tube shifters.

Thanks 

Bill Schairer

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Oct 25, 2020, 10:04:32 PM10/25/20
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I have one (RD-6500).  It isn’t pretty.  The finish is sort of mottled and there is some road rash.  I think it is totally functional, I just decided to upgrade to VGT’S and Cyclones.

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Pat Smith

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Oct 26, 2020, 9:58:34 AM10/26/20
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Look for the XT M772 RD as well, it's silver and 9s.

John Blish

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Oct 26, 2020, 11:33:22 AM10/26/20
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I have 2 units, both XT M772, silver, nine-speed, new, never used or mounted, still in their bubble-wrap.

Email me at jblish at gmail dot com. if you want one.





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Look for the XT M772 RD as well, it's silver and 9s.

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Sam Perez

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Oct 26, 2020, 1:04:10 PM10/26/20
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Was hoping to keep this aesthetic but at the end of the day functionality and fun will be what I'll remember at the end of the ride. 
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Paul Brodek

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Oct 29, 2020, 4:57:35 PM10/29/20
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So I'm kinda late to this party, and I don't think I have a complete understanding of relatively recent Shimano der/shifter compatibility, but I don't think the RD-M772 Shadow rder shown here will index properly with Shimano downtube shifters, and even in friction mode the dt shifter cable pull might be insufficient for the rder? Also the rder has no cable tension adjusting barrel, so you either have to do without, making indexing really difficult, or wire it up with an inline adjuster at the rear. I think Shadow-type rders are only compatible with Shimano ATB shifters, not with Shimano road shifters, dt or brifter.

Microshift does make Shimano ATB-compatible bar-cons, I think, maybe in both 9spd and 10spd?

I've got an RD-6500-GS, all-silver, with a coupla light scratches, and an RD-6700-GS, light-gray with a silver face, also light scratches. And a cleaner 105 RD-5701-GS, gray/silver like the 6700. You can PM me if you're interesting.

FWIW the 6700-GS have been creeping up in price, I sold two very clean ones on ebay recently, one went for nearly $80 and the other just under $100.

Paul Brodek
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Hillsdale, NJ USA

On Monday, October 26, 2020 at 1:04:10 PM UTC-4, Sam Perez wrote:
Was hoping to keep this aesthetic but at the end of the day functionality and fun will be what I'll remember at the end of the ride. 
On Mon, Oct 26, 2020, 8:33 AM John Blish <jbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
I have 2 units, both XT M772, silver, nine-speed, new, never used or mounted, still in their bubble-wrap.

Email me at jblish at gmail dot com. if you want one.




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Look for the XT M772 RD as well, it's silver and 9s.

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Joe Bernard

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Oct 29, 2020, 5:31:40 PM10/29/20
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It will in fact work and yes you will drive yourself crazy trying to keep track of all this. Shadow is just a designation for an mtb mech that sits flush so you (supposedly) won't crash it on rocks, Riv sold the XT772 Shadow for years. I've gotten them to index 9-speed bar-ends and 10-speed Ultegra brifters. 

Where things go sideways is 10-speed and up Dyna-Sis, if you find a rear derailer like that it'll need its dedicated clicker. 

Paul Brodek

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Oct 30, 2020, 4:21:40 PM10/30/20
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Gotcha, thanks for that, Joe. I guess with brifters or bar-cons it's not hard to use an inline cable tension adjuster, so the most pain would come with downtube shifters? Can you tap the rear of the der to thread in an adjusting barrel? That would likely detract from its Shadowy crach-worthiness, but there's not a lot of room in that short rear casing run for an adjuster.

Paul Brodek
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Joe Bernard

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Oct 30, 2020, 5:05:35 PM10/30/20
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You're right, the lack of an adjuster is a pain I'd forgotten about, I didn't like it even with bar-ends and brifters. Don't use this with downtube shifters!

John Blish

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Oct 30, 2020, 6:11:48 PM10/30/20
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Sam,

I see that a number of folks have said this rear DR will not work well with downtube shifters.  I said that it would.  I am sorry and I guess I was wrong.  If you want your money back and if the DR is still in the same condition as I sent it, please let me know.

I am very sorry about my mistake and that I have added to the hassles of your build.

John

Joe Bernard

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Oct 30, 2020, 6:26:57 PM10/30/20
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One point for that since he already has the derailer: the adjuster helps to dial in the indexing but you don't have to have it. Once it’s set it's set, you're good to go. I'll bet he already did it. 

Sam Perez

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Oct 30, 2020, 7:39:22 PM10/30/20
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I just opened the box haven't mounted it yet, I'll tripple check with local bike shop before installing it. My current rd does have a barrel adjuster. Stay tuned! 

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Eric Peterson

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Oct 31, 2020, 11:44:01 AM10/31/20
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You might look for these used XTR 9-speed RDs on ebay:  rd-m952 
They work with 9-speed and have barrel adjusters.
Or there is an XT version.   RD-M750  
With these RDs you don't have to worry about cassette size or chain wrap capacity.

--eric 

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