Adding 16T to 11-xx 11 speed cassette

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efeballi
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by efeballi

Hello weenies, I haven't been around for a while.

After being annoyed by the rather large gap between the 15T and 17T sprockets, I thought I could jam a 16T in between them and drop the 11T to maintain 11 speed. I rarely use the 11T anyway, and a 16T would be far more useful.

Now, DIY project to follow. A lot of pictures and everything.

Time: ~1 hour
Difficulty: Medium
Required:
-11 speed cassette starting with 11T
-A spare 11S spacer or your devious substitute for it(more to follow)
-A spare 16T cog, which may be from any 10 or 11 speed cassette (more to follow)
-A 12T lockring
First I had to make sure of the feasibility of this project. So, I took some measurements:

16T cog from old 105 5700 12-27 cassette is 1.6 mm thick. The 13T from Ultegra 6800 11-28 cassette is also 1.6 mm thick.
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Now I know the cog thicknesses are the same. The next problem to tackle is the extra spacer I need to put the cassette together. If you have an old 11 speed cassette lying around, use the spacers from it. If not, well, it's up to your ingenuity.

I had a spacer to adapt 11 speed freehubs to 10 speed cassettes, and I know it's 1.85 mm thick. I measured the thickness of the 11S spacer to be 2.0 mm.
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Now, I need to add 0.15 mm to this spacer for the whole thing to work. I'll add the hodgepodge spacer as far down the cassette as possible so that I don't throw off the alignment of the whole cassette.

The sheet metal under the lockring seemed to be a nice candidate. I removed the sheet from an old 11T lockring and cut it so that I can fit it through the freehub.
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2.0 mm, yay!

Now that I have all the components ready, I can put together the whole thing. Image
The wheel with all cogs up to 17T removed. Yes, it's an Ultegra 6700 wheel, adapted for 11 speed, which is a whole 'nother story.
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Well, sh1t. No splines left for 12T to grab.
I believe this may be because I've cut the freehub just a bit too short when I was adapting it to 11 speed. In a dedicated 11S freehub, this may not be a problem. Anyway, I pressed on, hoping that the pressure from the lockring could push the 12T into the splines. I marked the 12T and 13T in the correct orientation and I will check them as I tighten the lockring.

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Holding the 12T with a chain whip and tightening the lockring, I felt a THUMP which was the 12T finding its position in the splines. The 12T did not rotate further as I tightened the lockring.

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Done!

Have not yet ridden the wheel. Gears shift perfectly well, can't see anything wrong as yet. Will follow up after a ride.



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by tmr5555

Good work m8!

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by pdlpsher1

Good work. Your problem is exactly why I refuse to buy a Shimano 11x28 as it lacks a 16 cog. Sram cassettes don't have this issue.

I use a company crank and thus I absolutely need a 11 cog. So I buy a Sram cassette and lose one of the lower gears. This has worked well and I have not missed the closer ratios on the lower gears.


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by 2lo8

Only Shimano/SRAM 10 cogs are the same width as 11. 8/9 speed cogs are not the same width as 10. Campagnolo 10 also is a little thicker. Although you might get either to work well if it's just one. You will also want to keep an eye on the lockring when you don't use a proper 12t end cog, as the toothed interface prevents it from creeping, but is only found on end cogs, but this is not a big enough problem not to do it.
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by efeballi

Edited out the 8/9 speed thing. Yeah, the non-toothed 12T seemed like a problem, but i could put the cassette together OK. We'll see about that on the road.


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by ooo

12-28t best shifting possible with 12-28t dura-ace cassette (no ultegra version)
12-28t made from 11-28t + 2 cogs from 12-25 (12t 16t) + spacers = shift 16<>17 have unoptimal ramps (*)
12-28t made from 11-28t + 4 cogs from 12-25 (12t 13t 16t 17t) = shift 17<>19 have unoptimal ramps (**)

(*) this method similar to first post in this thread. ramps difference:
17T from 12-25T (16&lt;&gt;17) vs 11-28T (15&lt;&gt;17)
17T from 12-25T (16<>17) vs 11-28T (15<>17)


(**) this method was described in other thread: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=145145#p1312570 . ramps difference:
19T from 12-25T (18&lt;&gt;19) vs 11-28T (17&lt;&gt;19)
19T from 12-25T (18<>19) vs 11-28T (17<>19)
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12T 13T 16T 17T from 12-25T
12T 13T 16T 17T from 12-25T
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by alcatraz

What if you get a 12t cog (and lockring) from a 12-xx cassette. That one has longer reaching splines, doesn't it? I mean since it's designed to go on the end.

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by efeballi

alcatraz wrote:What if you get a 12t cog (and lockring) from a 12-xx cassette. That one has longer reaching splines, doesn't it? I mean since it's designed to go on the end.

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Alcatraz, as I mentioned I already have a 12-27 cassette lying around. The longer reaching splines of the 12T end cog works only if the next cog is pocketed, like the non-end 12T cog.

Switching both 12 and 13T was an option, but then the combined length was off by 0.4 mm so it didn't fit very well, either.

If I had a 12-25 11S cassette life would be much easier :)


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by alcatraz

Ahh, sorry. Didn't see you mentioned it.

How about dremeling the 13t into the necessary shape?

In the end, if your current solution doesn't have riding issues then no need to change it. Could a poorly seated 12t cog damage your freehub body?

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by ooo

microSHIFT announced new 11-28 cassette combo:

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by Bigger Gear

ooo wrote:microSHIFT announced new 11-28 cassette combo:

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Maybe that Microshift will be a good combo to have 11-28 with a 16. A few years ago on a 10s setup I used a 12-28 SRAM 1070 cassette (same spread as 11s SRAM 11-28) and I cannot explain how much I HATED the jump from 19 to 22. It was just too big of a gap in either direction.

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by Hillsaretheenemy

I've made a 12-28 out of a 6800 11-28 and 12-25 and it wasn't great. the shift ramps made it clunky. It's a bit weird but I moved to the 11-32 which has a 16..

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by efeballi

Late addition:
Did a ride test. The 12T slipped, which somehow threw off the alignment of 12T and 13T, making both cogs skip when shifted on them. Very light pedal pressure, even when on the big ring(52T) was sufficient to slip/rotate the 12T and the slippage was easily noticeable. Therefore, reverted to 11-28.
Tried all these things on a native 11sp freehub and the 12T grabbed hold of the splines easily, no further headaches ensued during installation. Did not do a ride test.
So, 50% succeeded. Hack/bodge works but not fully, not on the bike intended.
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by efeballi

Another late addition:
I've tried this with other cassette combos. 12-30 by removing 11 and adding 30 (from an old Tiagra cassette) to an 11-28 cassette, 11-27 by replacing the 3-cog group (21-23-25) in a 11-25 cassette with an 3-cog group from an old 12-27 (10-speed) cassette. The 10 speed group has larger gaps between them relative to the 11 speed group, but I found it works very well, the shifting performance is just as good.
I've also tried combining these two, by removing 11 and the 3-cog group from an 11-25 cassette. This way, I get better progression at the low end (25-28-30 is kinda odd while 24-27-30 feels better) and I can have 12-30 on one bike and 12-28 on the other, as I only have two native 11-speed cassettes.
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