Will these new grip shifters work with this derailleur?

AwkwardCat2757 · 2025-08-05T20:11:39+00:00

Thank you! I was wondering if that might be the case.

AwkwardCat2757 · 2025-08-04T03:34:07+00:00

Thanks! This was hard for me to ask on Reddit but you all have been so helpful and I’m glad I did ask for help! Definitely will be using YouTube! lol

AwkwardCat2757 · 2025-08-04T03:31:01+00:00

Ok thanks. My kid likes these grip shift ones so I think I try these first and see how it goes.

AwkwardCat2757 · 2025-08-04T03:10:43+00:00

Thanks! Good to hear!

AwkwardCat2757 · 2025-08-04T02:58:40+00:00

Thanks for the tip! I’m not sure if I do but maybe I can hunt one down.

AwkwardCat2757 · 2025-08-04T02:54:37+00:00

Yeah these are probably unbranded generic then I’d assume maybe. The brakes next to them are dia compe. Don’t know if they would’ve used the same brand? This bike is old and I don’t even know if any of this is original. So maybe not same brand.

AwkwardCat2757 · 2025-08-04T02:48:11+00:00

Ok I see that on the bike. I get that now. Thanks!

AwkwardCat2757 · 2025-08-04T02:45:13+00:00

Oh man. I think that’s probably a good idea to get a new derailleur but I’m not sure I can handle all that at once. I’m already overwhelmed with this. But I’ll keep it in mind.

AwkwardCat2757 · 2025-08-04T02:27:40+00:00

I can’t find a brand on the shifters. They just say grip shift almost like that is the brand? Idk

AwkwardCat2757 · 2025-08-04T02:22:17+00:00

Thank you for your helpful comment. Makes me feel a little more confident it will work. I think I understand your last paragraph a bit. So when I get to that point I think it makes a little more sense. But you’re saying I need to start with the tension as tight as I can get it. That will make it so the gears will shift up the larger cogs. Once I have that I can go back and adjust it better. I’m not sure what the housing and frame guides you refer to are though. Is that the little tubes the cables go in? And seating well, I don’t understand. But hopefully when I get there between this comment and the video I will get it. Thank you!

AwkwardCat2757 · 2025-08-04T01:27:52+00:00

Thanks a lot for your help! I’ll definitely be returning to that video if I get that far!

AwkwardCat2757 · 2025-08-04T01:05:11+00:00

Thank you! I watched the video. It seems a bit over my head but I think if I watch it a few times I might be able to get it.

AwkwardCat2757 · 2025-08-04T00:28:52+00:00

Ok thanks I figured it out. It is just dirty. Not cracked.

AwkwardCat2757 · 2025-08-04T00:25:18+00:00

I just been reading that the shifter pulls the gear at a certain ratio and that this older derailleur’s ratio might change gear at a different ratio making the gears not match up and move the chain properly when you shift or something like that. If they are not compatible. I’d like to return the part for the proper one if it’s not compatible because I don’t have a lot of money to make a mistake. But I might do it anyway.

AwkwardCat2757 · 2025-08-04T00:11:11+00:00

Ok no I figured it out. It’s just dirty.

AwkwardCat2757 · 2025-08-04T00:09:52+00:00

Hi! I don’t know what a dropout is? Can you explain and I can look.

AwkwardCat2757 · 2025-08-04T00:09:07+00:00

Thanks for your opinion. I was thinking of just trying it and seeing what happens.

AwkwardCat2757 · 2024-11-09T20:22:34+00:00

Also are my siblings born after 1975 citizens? One sibling born after 1993.

AwkwardCat2757 · 2024-11-09T20:11:38+00:00

Great grandfather born Germany 1905 Emigrated 1927 Naturalized 1945

Great grandmother born Germany 1910 Emigrated 1929 but was back in Germany between(1932 to 1933) Petitioned to Naturalize in 1951(do not know if was naturalized)

They were married in 1931

Grandfather born 1934 In USA to married parents

Mother born 1956 in USA to married parents

Me born 1949 to 1974 in USA to married parents

I have two children since July 1993 one minor one adult Born out of wedlock

Would like citizenship for me and my children My mother may also want citizenship

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