22/32 chainrings - short cage rear mech? - Singletrack World Magazine September 26, 2009

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22/32 chainrings – short cage rear mech?
NWAlpsJeyerakaBoz
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If i was to use a 22/32 crankset ( i.e remove to outer ring which i hardly ever use) with a 11-32 cassette, could i get away with using a short cage MTB rear mech?

Ta

Posted 14 years ago

trailmonkey
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you could but you might struggle on big/big. best to run a med cage i think.

Posted 14 years ago

DeeW
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I run a super short cage saint mech with 22-36 and 11-34. No poblems at all.

Posted 14 years ago

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mboy
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I run a short cage XTR with an 11-32 cassette and 24/36 chainrings on one bike, and it's perfect. Wouldn't want to run a longer cage mech to be honest.

Posted 14 years ago

NWAlpsJeyerakaBoz
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Cheers lads

Posted 14 years ago

scaredypants
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In mtb groupsets I think there's only long & medium, except for Saint

I also think medium would be fine, even if you went up to a 36 front

Posted 14 years ago

NWAlpsJeyerakaBoz
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The one i am looking at is the short cage one here;

http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/mountain-bike-rear-derailleurs/shimano-lx-581-rear-mech.html

Posted 14 years ago

GW
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I'm running that exact mech on one bike with 22/36 (& 11-30 8 speed cassette) it'd manage a 34T sprocket easily too.

set it up with the chain as short as possible in your 32/32 gear. it'll cope with the full spread but you'll never use the granny with any higher than 4th gear anyway.

Posted 14 years ago

scaredypants
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The one i am looking at is the short cage one here;

yeh, GS, that's medium (or at least it's in the middle of the 3 lengths thay do across road & mtb groupsets)

Posted 14 years ago