On Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at 12:41:59 PM UTC-8, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > > > > > With Shimano road 11 they've taken road cassettes to 32T, but for many > with the usual (and often not replaceable with any better gearing) 34/50 > that's not a low enough low gear. It was much simpler in 10 speed days: > replace cassette and rear derailleur as noted above and you're good up to > 36T in back. That won't work with 11, and it's necessary to enter the > world of altering cable pull. > > > Agree. With 11 speed, all of the different platforms work with each other. So you can mix Campy, Shimano and Sram wheels and cassettes. With my friends, several have gone to bigger gearing like 11-32 or 11-36 and one friend just picked up an 11-40 or 12-40, so don't know if that will work. I know there's also 12-42 and I think either an 11-50 or 12-50 11 speed cassette! The key is you need to have a "mid-cage" RD. All of these big gear cassette is being driven by the latest "1 by" movement. But that doesn't stop you found adapting to a bike with a double or even a triple crank! Of course, you may need a "mid-cage" RD and the wolf tooth thing.
For my next bike, I'm planning on going etap "wireless" with mid-cage RD. I want to run 11-32 in the rear with a sub-compact double like a 46x30 or 46x28. Since I don't "tour" or carry a load, a 30x32 or 28x32 should be more than enough to get me up the hills around here! Of course, YMMV! Good Luck! -- 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.
