Pieter the Batman Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 Hi guys. I have been looking for used cassettes 11/ 32 for my 9 speed road bike. And the outcome was that not many 11/32 cassettes are doing the round and 9 speed.. it would mean changing my rear derailleur (Tiagra) as well to a long cage? Out of frustration i bought a used set XT 9 speed cassette and derailleur for R300 and fitted it to my road bike. It was success and the indexing on the Tiagra shifter is spot on. Thought i would share if there are guys who needed more gears for steep climbs. Anyone had this done with no success or long term damage?
Jewbacca Posted December 31, 2018 Posted December 31, 2018 Hi guys. I have been looking for used cassettes 11/ 32 for my 9 speed road bike. And the outcome was that not many 11/32 cassettes are doing the round and 9 speed.. it would mean changing my rear derailleur (Tiagra) as well to a long cage? Out of frustration i bought a used set XT 9 speed cassette and derailleur for R300 and fitted it to my road bike. It was success and the indexing on the Tiagra shifter is spot on. Thought i would share if there are guys who needed more gears for steep climbs. Anyone had this done with no success or long term damage?Hey.. I think it's been discussed a fair bit, re mixing road/mtb shifters and deraileurs. 7/8/9 speed shimano all interchange. 10/11 don't. However an mtb shimano 9 speed RD will shift really smoothly with 10 speed road stuff. SRAM seems to interchange freely up to 10 speed. I currently use 10 speed double tap shifters and an short cage XO clutch with a wolftooth goat/road link so it can comfortably run a 42 on the gravel bike. Mixing and matching is part of building awesome bikes! Glad it works so well. Many happy miles.
Schnavel Posted January 22, 2019 Posted January 22, 2019 Indeed, as Jewbacca pointed out, anything up to 10 speed generally works well, but 11 and 12 speed is a completely different story.
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