A recent thread here on converting or mixing 10 and 11 speed systems surprised me with the discovery of the number of participants who have knowledge of these systems. I have to admit I have never considered a 10 speed setup and know almost nothing about them, let alone 11 speed & electronic systems, although I have heard that the electronic systems are now very reliable. I have recently been considering going from my current Ram set up, (44/30 and 11-28, 9spd) back to a triple back (46/36/24 and 12-27) in order to get both a lower gear for long climbs and closer gear spacing. I miss the 14 cog on my 11-28 cassette. However I haven't found a crank that I really like and can afford. (Different topic that.)
That brings me to the question of whether I could at least get a lower gear, say a 32, without the even wider spacing I don't like, by going to a 10 speed. However when I look at 10 speed cassettes I don't see any that fill the bill. Mostly they offer smaller jumps between cogs and I wonder how hard it is to friction shift a 10 speed. I'm assuming an 11 speed would be quite challenging. What cassettes are people using that offer a wide range without too wide gear jumps. I am a very adept friction shifter but have found a few things are necessary to make it work consistently well. One, good equipment in good condition. Two, a rear derailler with a reasonably short cage. The Shimano RD 6700 SS on the Ram works very well; and older Ultegra racing triple derailler is reasonably good, an older Centaur mid length works OK. The long cage XTR which I originally had on the tandem was awful. So... if you are having success friction shifting 10 speed I would like to know what derailler you are using. Michael -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
