Drivetrain vibration with switch to SRAM cassettes?
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 12:17 am
Background:
I have a set of 2010/2011 Mavic K Sl's, as well as an older set of K Elites. I've been using D/A 7700 9 spd for a while - with good shifting results. SRAM PC1090 Chain. Both hubs have aluminum spacers that I use on the back of the cassette body (I put the spacer on, then the cassette) - and both spacers are different sizes.
I upgraded to SRAM Red, initially using 5700 105 10spd cassette to ride on rollers with. Shifting and riding seemed quite smooth.
Now, I just received my new 2012 Red cassette, and my backup 1070 Rival cassette. Put the Rival cassette on the same wheel I took the 5700 cassette off of, and I had decent vibration when on the rollers today. Its the kind of vibration when it seems like the chain isn't perfectly mating up to the gears.. or like when you have two gears that are to tightly pushed together when they start spinning fast.
I put my other wheel on with the Red cassette - to much the same effect, though it was a bit better. The other wheel has slightly different spacing.
So any ideas? One thing I'm wondering about is the cassette body spacer that goes on each hub (towards the hub end of the cassette body, put on before the cassette goes on). Is there a need for this spacer with 10spd? I also noticed that in the 11t cog, the chain is awfully close to the frame dropout.
I have yet to switch back to the 1070 cassette to just confirm the vibration is gone - but it seems pretty clear cut.
Thanks for the help!
I have a set of 2010/2011 Mavic K Sl's, as well as an older set of K Elites. I've been using D/A 7700 9 spd for a while - with good shifting results. SRAM PC1090 Chain. Both hubs have aluminum spacers that I use on the back of the cassette body (I put the spacer on, then the cassette) - and both spacers are different sizes.
I upgraded to SRAM Red, initially using 5700 105 10spd cassette to ride on rollers with. Shifting and riding seemed quite smooth.
Now, I just received my new 2012 Red cassette, and my backup 1070 Rival cassette. Put the Rival cassette on the same wheel I took the 5700 cassette off of, and I had decent vibration when on the rollers today. Its the kind of vibration when it seems like the chain isn't perfectly mating up to the gears.. or like when you have two gears that are to tightly pushed together when they start spinning fast.
I put my other wheel on with the Red cassette - to much the same effect, though it was a bit better. The other wheel has slightly different spacing.
So any ideas? One thing I'm wondering about is the cassette body spacer that goes on each hub (towards the hub end of the cassette body, put on before the cassette goes on). Is there a need for this spacer with 10spd? I also noticed that in the 11t cog, the chain is awfully close to the frame dropout.
I have yet to switch back to the 1070 cassette to just confirm the vibration is gone - but it seems pretty clear cut.
Thanks for the help!