How's life with a 11-32 cassette?

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Christono
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by Christono

tilf wrote:I've run 11-28 (short cage + midcage), 11-32 (mid cage), and 11-40 (mid cage+goatlink and with an XT). On the road they all work well, the spacing is a little larger on the big range cassettes. This can be a little more fatiguing on day 3 of a ride in the flats with gusting wind. On the other hand, when I hit a hill and can sit and spin up it that is a huge plus. In the end I am going to swap around a few of the smaller gears to get smaller jumps around my cruising range (15-19) (which all the discussed cassettes have pretty good gaps around). If I weren't married to my current crankset I would just go for as wide of a range on the front as I could using something like White Industries VBC.

Assuming a compact crankset:
http://www.gear-calculator.com/?GR=DERS&KB=34,50&RZ=11,12,13,14,15,17,19,21,23,25,28&UF=2125&TF=100&SL=2.6&UN=KMH&GR2=DERS&KB2=34,50&RZ2=11,13,15,17,19,21,24,27,31,35,40&UF2=2125 This compares an 11-28 vs my 11-40 setup. Both don't have optimal jumps. For me the tight spaces on 11,12,13,14,15 do no me no good as I am "at home" at 100rpm cadence.

Here is the setup I would like to try on a VBC chainset from white industries, I just need to see if I can get any FD to make the 20 tooth jump. http://www.gear-calculator.com/?GR=DERS ... 2&UF2=2125

Another consideration if you are worried about chain slap -- even the 11-28 slaps offroad for me, thus monkeying around with the XT and its clutch was the answer.


This is a good answer. I've also used 32, and 40. After a while I got used to the gaps between sprockets. All comes down to where you're riding but I would be comfortable riding an 11-32 as long as I can keep 80-90 cadence on a climb.

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Rick
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by Rick

Discussed previously in numerous threads:
I run an 11-32 with a Force WyFly and also on an otherwise Dura Ace bike with an XT mtn bike derailleur.
No problems or extra noise at all. Love it. We have lots of steep mtns here. Use whatever you need for your sitatuation.

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