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Can I use a Sram x9 short cage mech with a 22/36 chainset and a 11-32 cassette or will I need a medium. I seem to remember a way of working this out could someone remind me please. Thanks Sam
No, you will need a medium, i think due to the size of the rear cassette more than anything.
i think due to the size of the rear cassette more than anything
A short cage works fine with a 32/11 cassette. Its more to do with the difference in size between the front chainrings I think.
Ok thanks for replys, didnt think it would stretch to that.
no you shouldn't, it is due to cassette size, not chainrings...afterall look at road bikes
Surely its a combination of both? I'm assuming a (MTB) short sram mech is desinged for singe ring full size casette setups?
A 22-36T setup is a fairly big gap and an 11-32T casette isn't small either. I suppose it will depend on if you will ever use 36-32 and/or 22-11 also as to how much chain length difference the mech has to take the slack for?
No, you do have to consider the rear cassette size, not just the tooth capacity.
I am pretty sure you cant run a short cage mech on any cassette where the largest cog is over 27t but you may get upto 38t at a push. the jockey wheel will hit the cassette otherwise.
I was assuming a short cage (MTB) mech would be designed to run as single ring/full size casette setup (ie upto 34/36T casette) being an MTB mech not a roadie one, very much a personal expectation/assumption rather than the reailty of an X9 mech
I've used a short cage Shimano mech with a dual ring (32/22) setup and standard 11-32 cassette.
Think a short SRAM is a little shorter than a short Shimano so be careful.
