I've seen this on a few DH bikes... what are the advantages and disadvantages? Strength/durablity of each of them?
Thanks.
Thanks.
I made a 5sp setup out of a road cassette by taking out every other gear, then using my limit screws to set the distance. I can also add a 34 to it (kinda' like a "mega-range"). That more or less has all your pros and eliminates the only cons, multiple shifting and no climbing. Try it out.no skid marks said:Pros for road
Shorter deraileur
shorter chain
lighter cassette
more accurate gear choices
slightly cleaner shifting.
Cons
Can't climb at all
You have to change more than one gear where you would only change one on a MTB cassette,this is more often the case on DH tracks as they're not the smooth road,with slight gradient changes.You go down a chute to flat ground you may have todump two MTB gears,that'd be about five on a road cassette.
CKxx said:I made a 5sp setup out of a road cassette by taking out every other gear, then using my limit screws to set the distance. I can also add a 34 to it (kinda' like a "mega-range"). That more or less has all your pros and eliminates the only cons, multiple shifting and no climbing. Try it out.
Pretty sick.bcd said:or ger a Single speed hub with a large casette body and get 5 cogs
on and get the HUGE plus's of a dishless wheel!
bcd said:or ger a Single speed hub with a large casette body and get 5 cogs
on and get the HUGE plus's of a dishless wheel!
That's funny, 'cause I climb all over with my 12-25 by 38t ring. It's a bit harder but it's very do-able to climb with a road cassette.no skid marks said:Cons
Can't climb at all
left coast punk said:After riding road cassettes on my DH bikes for the last couple of years, when I switch back to a MTB one, I really notice how big the jumps are. True, I often need to change more than one gear, but with the MTB cassette, I very often would find my gearing too easy, shift once, then it would be too hard and vice versa. The smaller increments available in the road cassette allow you to attain your ideal cadence a lot more easily.
buy a cheep sram casset that has the cogs you need and no alumbent^biker said:interesting, I'm thinking about trying out a custom casset like that 5 speed. Did you just use single speed spacers?
holy heavy gear ratio batman.bcd said:mines a 13-15-17-19-21 with a 40 up front. its all a dh bike
ever needs
Are you kidding or are you being serious?bcd said:yeah i like it like that, it aero.