Zack: What cassette are you using now? What's your tooth range? Standard Riv spec 24/36/46 chainrings?
Swapping out cassettes is the same procedure, and you will need an "8 to 7 spacer" to fill the gap. Chains are the same. The beauty of this is that you can go back to 8 if 7 doesn't work out. For a self-described big guy living in Portland with friends who like to ride hills, my choice would be the 13-34. As to quality, I've got an HG-50 with over 10,000 miles on it that still works fine with Shimano indexed shifters. This is a 7 speed, 13-28 cassette with a 34 big cog from a 9 speed, all spaced with 8 speed spacers. The 6 tooth jump from 28 to 34 is just another shift, even under load. IME Shimano is conservative in their tooth / gap specs (the Mega range being an exception, it seems). I also have the 14-32 7 speed on another bike, and find that spacing & range shift well. Don't recall the grade of cassette on that one but I've had it for ages. 7 speed stuff is pretty long lasting and still made for OEM use in other parts of the world. dougP On Tuesday, April 15, 2014 2:00:57 PM UTC-7, Zack wrote: > I have a 64cm Sam and a 62cm Hunq, I am guessing flame flex is most likely > not the problem. > > So back to the original question about cassette choices, I see three > shimanos that seem to fit the bill for me. It's difficult for me to > visualize what the real-life on-bike difference would be, beyond what the > top and bottom gears would seem like. So "big jumps" are not desirable, > from what I gather. Does this have more to do with what it feels like to > ride, or is it the actual of mechanics of the shifting that makes the big > jump less desirable? Also, are these actually big jumps? > > *CS‑HG50* > C, G13151720232630*CS‑HG50* > K13151720242934*CS‑HG50* > D, F14161821242832 > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
