Jim, The Shimano 9 speed 12-36 cassette is already available for around $55, although not widely yet. It is SLX level and comprised of 9 individual steel cogs, as far as I've beed able to ascert.
I've also had knee issues which is why I prefer to spin at higher cadences when I can, and the reason I want a lower gear option to climb. 34/34 vs. 34/36 are quite close so I'm going to first try the 34/34 option keeping the Rival compact crankset and after seeing how that feels in the climbs, will decide whether to stay like that, go 34/36 or switch to a triple 26/36/48 crankset. Whatever I run in the back, I'll most likely run indexed with the Shimano barend shifters. René René On 11/15/09, James Warren <[email protected]> wrote: > > > With all due respect, Patrick, and with appreciation of your advice, the > "you" that you mention is highly variable. I've tried to develop my high > gear climbing as you illustrate, and so far, no luck. My knee isn't happy > with it. I wish it wasn't, but it just isn't. > > Back to original topic, I'm seriously thinking of setting up a double with > 34x36 as the low and taking advantage of the new availability of cassettes > with a 36 low. I believe Shimano is going to have one available soon too, a > 9-speed. I'd happily shift that in friction with bar-end shifters, but I'm > pretty sure it would index. > > -Jim > > > -----Original Message----- >>From: PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> > >> >>FWIW again, you can develop to a surprising degree the ability to >>climb in higher gears, as I did when I switched to fixed and ss >>exclusively, but then again, that's a matter of taste, too. (I'm 54 >>and have been averaging about 3K miles a year, so I'm no Lance.) >> >>In any event, please describe (and link photos of) your solution. >> >>On 11/15/09, Seth Vidal <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Steve Palincsar <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Sun, 2009-11-15 at 05:57 -0800, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: >>>>> SRAM 10s brifters, SRAM bar-ends, or XX MTB shifters will shift on the >>>>> XX cassette. >>>> >>>> That's not what SRAM's web site says. They say you need the XX >>>> derailleur which is incompatible with brifters and requires the XX MTB >>>> shifters. (And if there's an SRAM bar end shifter, I've never heard of >>>> it or seen it.) >>>> >>> >>> There's this one: >>> http://www.sram.com/node/109/brand/sram-road/src/cat >>> >>> and this one >>> >>> http://www.sram.com/node/111/brand/sram-road/src/cat >>> >>> -sv >>> >>> > >>> >> >> >>-- >>Patrick Moore >>Albuquerque, NM >>For professional resumes, contact >>Patrick Moore, ACRW at [email protected] >>(505) 227-0523 >> >>> > > > > > -- Sent from my mobile device --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
