I finally made the jump to cassette, and I'm trying out a 24/10 ratio on a Liquid.
When I install the hub/sprocket and use my current chain (KHE collapse, ridden for about a month), I can slam the axle into the dropout and it's a near perfect fit. However a brand new collapse is very very tight. Also the pegs are hitting a little part of the weld between the seatstays and dropouts, not sure if that is a big problem.
On the other hand when adding 2 links I have to pull the hub way back, far enough so that there's about 2mm of the locknuts sticking out of the dropout and pegs are out even further.
1. considering chainstay length only, would there be a big difference in how the bike feels for manuals/hops? slammed vs rear of dropout is .75" difference or so?
2. would 25T bring the wheel back to the center of the dropout? is 25/10 a too heavy ratio (95% of the time I spend on the streets)? Pretty much same question for 23T actually..
3. I don't like the idea of locknuts sticking out and putting all force on the end of the dropout. Am I paranoid?
4. anyone has experience with a halflink? One of the worst crashes I had was when the chain snapped while engaging so I'm considering this as a last option..
When I install the hub/sprocket and use my current chain (KHE collapse, ridden for about a month), I can slam the axle into the dropout and it's a near perfect fit. However a brand new collapse is very very tight. Also the pegs are hitting a little part of the weld between the seatstays and dropouts, not sure if that is a big problem.
On the other hand when adding 2 links I have to pull the hub way back, far enough so that there's about 2mm of the locknuts sticking out of the dropout and pegs are out even further.
1. considering chainstay length only, would there be a big difference in how the bike feels for manuals/hops? slammed vs rear of dropout is .75" difference or so?
2. would 25T bring the wheel back to the center of the dropout? is 25/10 a too heavy ratio (95% of the time I spend on the streets)? Pretty much same question for 23T actually..
3. I don't like the idea of locknuts sticking out and putting all force on the end of the dropout. Am I paranoid?
4. anyone has experience with a halflink? One of the worst crashes I had was when the chain snapped while engaging so I'm considering this as a last option..