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  • 11-38 Cassette 10speed
  • tanz
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    Is there a 11-38 10 speed cassette available for a shimano set up, I’m running 1×10 on a 34T front ring but could just do with a 38T 1st gear at times, I don’t want to go to a 32T on the front so I’m hoping there is on about.

    mos
    Full Member

    11-34 with one of the smaller cogs removed and one of those ss 38t jobbies off eBay. Worked for me.

    rOcKeTdOg
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    ss 38t jobbies off eBay

    got a link?

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    tanz
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    Ya any link or info where its from?

    jonnyrockymountain
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    KCNC do a 11-38 titanium one at around £300 ??????

    dantsw13
    Full Member

    How does this cog work? Is the smallest sprocket not required to do up the locknut on a cassette?

    rickt
    Free Member

    Don’t forget about your chain length though…….

    allthepies
    Free Member

    Installation requires the removal of one of the smaller ( higher gear ) cogs. This can result in a minor ratio gap due to a larger than normal tooth differential. This can be avoided easily by replacing your first position cog with a 13 or 14t cog. I have both available in another listing.

    dantsw13
    Full Member

    Ah, so you either:

    1. Keep the 11T, and remove 2nd or 3rd sprocket, leaving a ratio gap.

    Or

    2. Buy his 13T to go in the outer position instead of the original 11T

    oakesy2001uk
    Free Member

    but if you remove the 11t, and swap for a 13, you may as well just drop to a 32t on the front!

    Its interesting though, I can’t figure out why no-one offers a reasonably light 11-38 or 11-40 cassette…

    chudsy
    Free Member

    Would it be possible to fit a 38t cog with a 9 speed cassette?

    wonnyj
    Free Member

    I run a 33t chainring on my 1×10. It’s e13 I think.

    tanz
    Free Member

    Interesting….
    I’m hoping shimano do something this year as far as rear cassettes go!

    njee20
    Free Member

    Trouble is that a 13-38 cassette is a lot narrower than 11-36, totally pointless!

    tanz
    Free Member
    nick1962
    Free Member

    Trouble is that a 13-38 cassette is a lot narrower than 11-36, totally pointless!

    Maybe for racers but not your average weekend biffers 🙂

    psling
    Free Member

    And let’s face it, if you need a 38 you probably are a weekend biffer 😉

    aracer
    Free Member

    Maybe for racers but not your average weekend biffers

    Except njee’s point is that the weekend biffers would be better off with 11-36 and a smaller chainring.

    dirk_pumpa
    Free Member

    Brilliant 🙂

    steve_b77
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    I do love this obsession with maintaining a high top gear that in reality probably doesn’t get used much and the wondering why you (not op specifically) struggle on hills.

    Let alone the need to have a 1 x system and not have enough gears to ride everywhere, fashion in its most perverse form.

    mikewsmith
    Free Member

    I also wonder why people think that everyone is like them and pedals the same and has the same style of riding 🙂

    I end up riding 32t bikes a few times and it just doesn’t work with how I ride and I end up spinning out all the time on singletrack. I love being able to put in 1 pedal stroke and get somewhere with it exactly when I need it (as there is only time for 1)

    Going 1x has some great advantages of losing mechs, shifters and being able to run a proper guide for much increases chain retention. People are getting there with the big range cassettes and if the 1×11 comes down to the everyday level I reckon it will be making a big inroad into the market.

    steve_b77
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    Who like who?

    Not enough gears on your bike for how you ride is just plain daft, sticking with it is even worse just so you can loose a front mech and a couple of 100g’s of an overall weight in the region of 80-90kg for your ‘average’ guy on a ‘normal’ to here bike. It’s a fashion led compromise

    KevinPP
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    I think there are a lot of people who have actually tried it who would disagree with you. All gearing is a compromise. If it works for your own application then great. All depends where you ride, what you ride and how you ride. I find 10 gears is plenty for me, others don’t.

    antigee
    Full Member

    It’s a fashion led compromise

    similar opinion – though looking at swopping my SS to 1 x 10 a compromise that will work well for me

    think it is a little bit comparable with road bike enthusiasm for doubles – recent hilly challenge event and I passed (but only just!)quite a lot of riders pushing their bikes on one steep hill – so my triple may look shit but beats pushing – I know good riders could ride it easily on a compact but I bet those punters weren’t told that in the bike shop

    orangeboy
    Free Member

    For me 10 is enough for the places I ride,
    I don’t have to walk up hills and I don’t get left behind on the flat

    I have a top chain guide and clutch mech so chain does not fall off
    Nothing to do with fashion just about a bike that works.

    grtdkad
    Full Member

    Similarly I built a 1×10 earlier this year : 32 chainring and a 11:36 cassette. Riding in Malvern I just have to accept that I’ll spin out all over the place (flats and downhill) and as a result still ride my old 3×9 just as much – particularly for Strava chasing 😕

    … Plus side of the 1×10 is that I’ve abandoned the need to use the granny ring on the 3×9 !!

    steve_b77
    Free Member

    KevinPP – Member
    I think there are a lot of people who have actually tried it who would disagree with you. All gearing is a compromise. If it works for your own application then great. All depends where you ride, what you ride and how you ride. I find 10 gears is plenty for me, others don’t.

    I agree, but in the case of the OP he doesn’t have a sufficient spread of gears with a ‘normal’ 1 x set up.

    I’ve ran 1×9 (32t front & 12-36 rear on a 29’er) on my ht and it was fine for me for everything I rode on it inc t’peaks and welsh Wales. So I’m not a naysayer. It’s just people seem to become obsessed with running setups that are too much of a compromise to their riding style / ability / fitness levels.

    ampthill
    Full Member

    If it works for your own application then great.

    This thread is about it not working. The solution would seen to be more chain rings. I speculate as to how much more that would way way as a 38 steel rear sprocket will way more than another chain ring…

    Dougal
    Free Member

    11-34 with one of the smaller cogs removed and one of those ss 38t jobbies off eBay. Worked for me.

    njee20 is right, this is a totally retarded idea.

    11-36 cassette is a range of 327%.
    13-38 cassete is a range of 292%.

    So instead of buying a smaller chainring, you spent MORE money on some snakeoil cassette BS, and ended up with LESS range.

    Did you fail maths at school?

    dantsw13
    Full Member

    If I do this, I will keep the 11T, gain a 38T, and accept a gap in the 13-15T range.

    PimpmasterJazz
    Free Member

    I did this amazing thing a while back. I got rid of all my gears bar one.

    No mechs, no shifters, no noise.

    I do have a few spinning out problems and can’t get up some climbs – anyone any ideas how to get round this?

    mos
    Full Member

    I said ‘with one of the smaller cogs removed’, not ‘with the smallest cog removed’. I thunk peoplz cud wrk rest fur tem selvz.

    steve_b77
    Free Member

    Fit a Rolhoff

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