Going somewhere hilly - what to swap?

[Bustedknuckle]

No thanks, I'll sick with my 12-28. Was never a fan of maxing out B-limit screws to stuff massive cogs back there that rarely get used.

How can you even ride without an 11t?? As a matter of fact, I think that's illegal in Bouder county..not having an 11t.

 

[Giuseppe Magnetico]

How can you even ride without an 11t?? As a matter of fact, I think that's illegal in Bouder county..not having an 11t.

Brother, I ain't 20 anymore.

 

[ustabe]

6700 RD handles the ultega 12-30 w/o issue.

"Pushing" the maximum cog for a rear derailleur depends on the length and shape of the derailleur hanger. Some bikes will take larger cogs with a given road derailleur, others won't.

Here's an idea for a business--cast extra long derailleur hangers for the popular bikes so riders don't have to buy MTB units. Shifting sharpness would be lost, but at least the capacity would be there

When Campagnolo introduced 11 cogs, one wag wrote that he'd upgrade when they figured out how to make an 11.5t cog. Little did he realize that the best use of that extra cog would be to eliminate one more double-step at the slow end of the cassette, or, as Shimano is now doing, concatenate one more double- or triple-step down there.

 

[Bustedknuckle]

"Pushing" the maximum cog for a rear derailleur depends on the length and shape of the derailleur hanger. Some bikes will take larger cogs with a given road derailleur, others won't.

Here's an idea for a business--cast extra long derailleur hangers for the popular bikes so riders don't have to buy MTB units. Shifting sharpness would be lost, but at least the capacity would be there

When Campagnolo introduced 11 cogs, one wag wrote that he'd upgrade when they figured out how to make an 11.5t cog. Little did he realize that the best use of that extra cog would be to eliminate one more double-step at the slow end of the cassette, or, as Shimano is now doing, concatenate one more double- or triple-step down there.

True, however, I haven't seen a bike yet that couldn't use the 12-30 with a short cage RDer..so that 'frame' out there that can't hasn't come into my shop yet.