Jtek Shiftmate 2.0

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Permalink Reply by andrew on May 27, 2008 at 10:58am

Hey Schrap,

Did you see our Issue 1? Well, our picture in there isn't the greatest, but you can do this all without the shiftmate just by changing the way you clamp the cable. I've used this without a problem for a few seasons now.

Here's a good pic I found that better shows the clamping style.


In my past wrenching experience (on pure shimano systems) I've frustrated myself by carelessly clamping the cable in the wrong position, or not noticed frayed housing ends, split housing ferrules (plastic), or kinked cables. I'm guessing you already checked those though.

With or without the shiftmate, you should be able to get great results. Stay tuned for our interesting variation of this in Issue 3. Maybe try the alternative clamping without the jtek to see if it's the jtek's fault or not.

Hope that helps...lemme know if you can solve it.

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Permalink Reply by CrankyMonkey on May 27, 2008 at 9:33pm

I've followed Andrew's instructions and I have perfect shifting in all the gears. I'm using an XT derailleur with a Campy Veloce Shifter and a 11x34 SRAM cassette. The alternative clamping seems to be extremely reliable.

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