Help me choose a cassette
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Hi
I'm upgrading my Roubaix sl4, and one obvious item is the cassette. It comes with a deore (yes, deore) 11-34, which weighs around 430g
I'm buying an ultegra, and I need your help.
I'm a bit on the heavy side and I'm not fond of hills, so I can't use a small cassette. My crank is a compact, 170mm ultegra, instead of the 172.5 4700 tiagra. Should I get the 11-28, 230g or the 12-30, 259g?
I'm inclined towards the 12-30, I think it's the max the RD6700ss will take (it weighs 189g and I bought it to replace the tiagra which is 277g).
11-28 is good I think, it's also lighter (30g rolling weight), but my crank is smaller, so I take it it will take just a bit more effort to turn it around...
What do you think? I don't really care about the 11 or 12 small cog...
I'm upgrading my Roubaix sl4, and one obvious item is the cassette. It comes with a deore (yes, deore) 11-34, which weighs around 430g
I'm buying an ultegra, and I need your help.
I'm a bit on the heavy side and I'm not fond of hills, so I can't use a small cassette. My crank is a compact, 170mm ultegra, instead of the 172.5 4700 tiagra. Should I get the 11-28, 230g or the 12-30, 259g?
I'm inclined towards the 12-30, I think it's the max the RD6700ss will take (it weighs 189g and I bought it to replace the tiagra which is 277g).
11-28 is good I think, it's also lighter (30g rolling weight), but my crank is smaller, so I take it it will take just a bit more effort to turn it around...
What do you think? I don't really care about the 11 or 12 small cog...
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A HUGE part of cycling - is enjoying it. I think you should go for the 30 tooth. If you don't really enjoy hills already - do yourself a favour and just get the easier gears. Not many things take the fun away and ruin a ride like climbing and wishing you had that one extra gear
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i know this is weight weenies but i doubt you'll feel the weight difference. That said an 11-32 is not going to suddenly make hills feel easy that wee formerly hard on an 11-32. My own experience is that unless the climb is long in duration the 28 or 32 choice won't have a major impact on the ride. If you are talking long climbs definitely get the go 30 or 32.
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The 12-30 is a nice cassette. I bet that you'll use the 28 much more often that you would the 11 of the 11-28.
Hi guys, thanks for your opinions. I ordered the 12-30. I know I won't notice 30g in weight (I just put a 220g lighter crank and didn't notice any difference...) it's the add-up of all the small upgrades.
I think I'll be able to take around 1.5kg off the original 9kg without spending millions. Then it's over, the only weight I'll be taking will be off my belly
I think I'll be able to take around 1.5kg off the original 9kg without spending millions. Then it's over, the only weight I'll be taking will be off my belly
Depending on what gradients you have, a couple people here are using RoadLinks to fit MTB cassettes on road bikes.
It's kind of crazy but when you hit a 16+% gradient it's nice being able to keep a 50-60RPM cadence without grinding your knees. Can get to top of a climb without burning out and ready for even more climbing!
It's kind of crazy but when you hit a 16+% gradient it's nice being able to keep a 50-60RPM cadence without grinding your knees. Can get to top of a climb without burning out and ready for even more climbing!
just keep climbing. a fellow rider was a clydesdale weight...and he kept at climbing (stubborn i guess), but by the end of the season, he lost about 15 lbs and is climbing like a mountain goat.
his power to weight ratio changed and he doesn't even need the easier gears anymore.
his power to weight ratio changed and he doesn't even need the easier gears anymore.
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superdx wrote:Depending on what gradients you have, a couple people here are using RoadLinks to fit MTB cassettes on road bikes.
It's kind of crazy but when you hit a 16+% gradient it's nice being able to keep a 50-60RPM cadence without grinding your knees. Can get to top of a climb without burning out and ready for even more climbing!
Mine had a MTB cassette, a Dior 11-34, with a tiagra gs derailleur. It came like that from the factory...
kode54 wrote:just keep climbing. a fellow rider was a clydesdale weight...and he kept at climbing (stubborn i guess), but by the end of the season, he lost about 15 lbs and is climbing like a mountain goat.
his power to weight ratio changed and he doesn't even need the easier gears anymore.
I can attest to this. Don't be afraid of the climb. Let it exhaust you and after a few rides you won't even need the largest cog anymore.
I started riding 6 months ago and my new place is hilly. First time an 11-32 seemed not enough. Since then I had an 11-28 and now I'm on an 11-25. And I don't even use the 25t cog much.
Keep riding hills! Pace yourself, focus on breathing, cadence and so on...
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