that’s what people will say about any of the 3 biggest sprockets

Too much range there for 10 speed, the last 2 rings jump 6 then 7
For me the ideal 10 speed should go 11,13,15,18,21,24,29,34,39 then we don’t need 11 speed so come on shimano sort it out?
Ps this is for 1×10 users, this with a 34t or 36t front would be ideal.

This looks expensive and fragile. If it fitted a normal hub I’d give it a bash, but it won’t so I won’t.

I’m definitely going to get one of those 42 tooth cogs that was featured on here a few days ago however. For 99% of my riding a 36 cog is fine, but I know that I’d like to have the bail out gear available to me if I need it

Like it – Leonardi are doing some really cool stuff and pushing the boundaries. Logic I guess is that lots of manufacturers now have a XD freehub body for not a lot of money so you can get the XX1 range for just a cassette and body, rather than new drivetrain.

We need to see more of this – little firms trying out new things, tweaking what we think is possible, generally tinkering.

I’d would be cursing the huge jumps between gears constantly if I used one of those. A 10 speed 11-34 is bad enough.

It does look very nice….

But, I wonder at what point in time will some bike industry marketeer (or WMB/MBR journo’s) start telling us that to avoid the multiple gear changes to cope with instant gradient changes,blah blah blah, reduce rear wheel rotating mass blah blah, get the weight more evenly distributed in the lowest most central point of the bike blah blah blah, that the answer is in fact a quadruple front ring set-up!!????

2016 ish I reckon….

1988, actually. 😉

would be interested in trying the thing just to see the gaps and how they feel. Also to see how a normal Rear Mech plays with the big steps, part of me wonders how it will shift up and down those big steps.

Great to see someone doing something good, a cassette is a lot easier to make than a shifter and mech so the small guys can have a go. Seems like Shimano are not sure where to go next and are waiting to see if 11sp is popular enough to copy develop

9 tooth sprocket ? excellent with a 55 tooth ring for time trialling +162 inch gear !!

The XD freehub design removes the damage that normal cassettes always do to alloy freehubs. Making a 10spd cassette to fit the XD freehub is really cool 🙂

Not so sure about the 9 tooth as I’ve found the 10 tooth on XX1 to be a bit “lumpy” under power; not that I power much when in that gear as its mostly required only for road sections (XX1 is on my All Mountain bike).

Not long before it happens now…… Shortly after we hit 1×12 someone will invent a thick/thin chainring that shifts, andwork out that if we were to put another chainring at the front and a slim 6 speed cassette at the back, we’d have a stronger wheel with less dish, closer ratios and less weight, and hey presto! We’d be back on 6 speed of off 1987 and have gone full circle

😀

http://cicloappuntamenti.forumfree.it/?t=67585356&st=15#entry547898523

Nice. I’d happily replace my General Lee adapter with that.

General Lee 942 Cassette – Sram XX1 alternative NEW MODEL

Has just been release in Expobici – Padova

It’s already available for sale

9.42T

10 Speed

9-11-13-15-18-21-24-29-35-42

XD Hub compatibility

Aluminium 7075 T6 CNC machined

SRAM Type 2 Derraileur long cage required

Also available in 9.38 Version: 9-11-13-15-17-20-23-27-32-38 (Compatible with Sram and Shimano Derraileurs)

Available on ebay.com

Only the first 3 cogs are aluminium, the cassette body is made of steel

Ah ok, I saw “aluminium” in the spec and started twitching! Still can’t see that shifting well or lasting, but fair play for doing it!

I’ve also just seen the price – $400 on eBay, so more than an XX1 cassette.

Where’s that shitty stick I use to not touch things like this!?

It’s not cheap, but considering you don’t have to buy XX1 trigger, cranks, derraileur, etc… it might be an option to think about

About shifting, I’ll let you know when it arrives and go for a ride

personally I would think that if you were going to have a 9t sprocket you’d pitch it at something like a 24 or 26t chainring and run perhaps 9-30t which is about the same as a 11-42 while not having to botch your mech to get to the 42.

oh, the weigh saving too, of course (I’ve not got over the 90’s)

Now if we could get a Capreo freehub on a disc hubshell….

You don’t need the cranks anyway, but yes, you save the cost of the shifter and rear mech.