Mackie Posted January 13, 2010 Posted January 13, 2010 Want to fit a roadie cassette (9 spd) to my MTB to increase leg stregnth during training. Will it work?Is it a *** idea? Has anyone done this? if so, how did it go? Peace Out
TNT1 Posted January 13, 2010 Posted January 13, 2010 On my mtb I have a cassette made up out of sprockets that started life as part of various road cassettes... just make sure they're all HG...
Flowta Posted January 13, 2010 Posted January 13, 2010 yes, you can. The spacing and everything is the same. Just different ratios. FYI: If your derailleur can handle it you can put an MTB cassette on your road bike
Mackie Posted January 13, 2010 Author Posted January 13, 2010 Shimano? yebo, I have a XTR cassette on my MTB currently. Which cassette would you advise?
100Tours Posted January 13, 2010 Posted January 13, 2010 I switched over to a 24/34/48 front chainring setup not so long ago. Was quite a cool change
Mackie Posted January 13, 2010 Author Posted January 13, 2010 Is the 44\11 not enough? It's more for leg stregnth training, hopefully give me more "torque" or maybe make me walk more But if I can get up hills in a smaller cog at the back, I will be quicker.
TNT1 Posted January 13, 2010 Posted January 13, 2010 Shimano? yebo' date=' I have a XTR cassette on my MTB currently. Which cassette would you advise?[/quote'] For me it's easy, I have about 200 indivudual HG shimano 9 speed sprockets, so I make up any cassette I want. If you gonna buy a single cassette, get the cheapest you can, cheapie shimano or look at BBB?
Mutt Posted January 13, 2010 Posted January 13, 2010 Shimano? Does it matter? I was thinking of doing the same thing but I have SRAM.
TNT1 Posted January 13, 2010 Posted January 13, 2010 Shimano? Does it matter? I was thinking of doing the same thing but I have SRAM. True.
Trapper Posted January 13, 2010 Posted January 13, 2010 Instead of going through all this PT, why just not stop using gears 1-3? Adjust the stop on the derailer to not reach these gears.
Hector Posted January 14, 2010 Posted January 14, 2010 I replaced my old Merida TFS 500 and converted it to a semi road bike. I put a 11-21 cluster on the back, changed the front rings to 28-38-48 and put on slicks. Works like a bomb. The slicks allow you to ride on tar and if you get pushed off the road or need to ride good dirt roads for training, you can do so. I do all my training on a MTB but only race road (sub 3hr Amashova) - live in the Transkei where the roads are bad. For extra strength training try riding the MTB on shorter road races ie 50km - keeping up with the roadies is hard work but good training. Hope it helps
techguy Posted January 14, 2010 Posted January 14, 2010 Why not make it a single speed? Thats even better...
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