Changing A Mountain Bike Cassette
Different size sprockets in the cassette provide different amounts of force need to propel the mountain bike of course putting different amounts of force to the wheel itself.
Changing a mountain bike cassette. Release the brakes and quick release to remove the wheel. Wiggle s best selling 10 speed mountain bike cassette is the shimano hg81 slx 10 speed cassette. Over time the teeth on the gears start. In order to remove and replace your cassette you need to unscrew this lockring.
Each ring is a gear on your bike and the chain which connects to the pedals turns the cassette to power the bike. Mountain bike cassettes since mountain bikers have to deal with uneven roads and trails a wider range of cassettes is more important than smooth shifting because you re more concerned about abruptly regulating the amount of effort you need to put into paddling according to the changing terrain. Instead mountain bikers can run double or even single chainsets reducing weight clutter and the frequency of mechanical problems. Cassette tools vary based on whether you re using sram shimano or campagnolo so make sure you get the right one for your cassette.
This article is a step by step procedure on replacing a mountain bike cassette chain. Shift into the smallest sprocket. How to set up your brakes video how to change a cassette 1. Sram 8spd powerlink chain top chain is old bottom chain is new longer tools required for this job are.
The lockring is designed to hold the cogs of the cassette in place on the hub. Now 10 speed mountain bike cassettes come in sprocket ranges such as 11 32 11 34 11 36 and 11 42. Tools for changing a bike cassette. Remove rear wheel and quick release.
The rear cassette is a set of concentric gear rings attached to your back wheel. Cassette lockring tool sram cassettes are compatible with shimano lockring tools chain. Sram 8spd 11 32 cassette. The cassette is held to the bike by a lock ring and encases the main skewer or thru axle on one side of the bike.
Replacing your cassette is a relatively straightforward job that takes minutes. Mat has been road cc technical editor for over a decade testing bikes fettling the latest kit.