Shimano to Avid Matchmaker?

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Posted: Jul 29, 2011 at 5:46 Quote
A friend mentioned that HOPE Matchmakers can be used to attach new Shimano (mine are Deore XT 2010, 9speed) shifters to Avid (Elixir R Carbon) levers.

Is this possible? Does it require a hack? Which matchmaker should one buy?

Kind regards,
Conti
flag Ploutre
Posted: Jul 29, 2011 at 5:58 Quote
Yes it works, but it doesn't look good (Hope raw aluminium versus painted clamp on the avids).Maybe hand painted ? Anyway:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=41014

Get the XT one (since you have XT shifters).

Some French guy bought it and tried it with his CR Carbon and XT shifters (so your setup, more or less) and here's the result:
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(thanks to BobDenarD)
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Posted: Jul 29, 2011 at 6:10 Quote
Ploutre wrote:
Yes it works, but it doesn't look good (Hope raw aluminium versus painted clamp on the avids).Maybe hand painted ? Anyway:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=41014

Get the XT one (since you have XT shifters).

Some French guy bought it and tried it with his CR Carbon and XT shifters (so your setup, more or less) and here's the result:
Unsecure image, only https images allowed: http://euskafreez.free.fr/prive/mtb/misc/P1010387.JPGUnsecure image, only https images allowed: http://euskafreez.free.fr/prive/mtb/misc/P1010390.JPG
(thanks to BobDenarD)

Thankyou Ploutre. Very kind of you.

Any idea of what the weight saving would be? 40g per shifter?
flag Ploutre
Posted: Jul 29, 2011 at 6:49 Quote
What has been removed:
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What has been added: (x2)
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In total he got about 51 grams, for both shifters. Smile
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Posted: Jul 29, 2011 at 7:34 Quote
Ploutre wrote:
What has been removed:
Unsecure image, only https images allowed: http://euskafreez.free.fr/prive/mtb/misc/P1010391.jpg
What has been added: (x2)
Unsecure image, only https images allowed: http://euskafreez.free.fr/prive/mtb/misc/P1010393.jpg
In total he got about 51 grams, for both shifters. Smile

Ho hum. I think most of that is probably captured in removing the indicators, which you can do without the matchmaker. Probably not the most efficient £25 ever spent on a bike!

Thanks anyway!
flag Ploutre
Posted: Jul 29, 2011 at 7:42 Quote
He did that to gain some free space on the handlebars (for the seatpost remote and poplock), not for the weight. As for the weight of the parts:

2 Indicators = 23gr
2 Avid clamps = 9gr
2 Shimano shifter clamps = 47gr

So it's not only the indicators afterall...
flag stefstef
Posted: Jun 5, 2012 at 14:20 Quote
When you want them in black you've to buy de Hope "Race" Machmaker and not the "Tech" one.

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https://ep1.pinkbike.org/p4pb8222326/p4pb8222326.jpg


http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=51958
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