Mountain Bike Cassette Change

Sram 8spd 11 32 cassette.

Mountain bike cassette change. Wiggle s best selling 10 speed mountain bike cassette is the shimano hg81 slx 10 speed cassette. Featured parts used here are. To change a rear cassette on your bike wheel start by removing the rear wheel from the bike. Some of the ideal sprocket ranges for mountain bikes are 11 32 11 34 and 11 36.

This is particularly the case if you re riding in mountains or hilly terrain and want the safety net. Cassette tools vary based on whether you re using sram shimano or campagnolo so make sure you get the right one for your cassette. After that all the tips you need are in the video. An advantage of getting a different set of wheels is you can use a different cassette the rear gears to help improve the gearing on your mountain bike.

Next remove the skewer which is the rod running through the center of the wheel and insert a lockring removal tool into the center of the cassette. Meanwhile 11 speed mountain bike cassettes come in even larger sprocket ranges providing an even greater gear ratio choice such as 11 40 10 42 and even 11 46. The cassette on roads bikes tends to have more gears in a close range so you can adjust your cadence in smaller increments. This article is a step by step procedure on replacing a mountain bike cassette chain.

Sram 8spd powerlink chain top chain is old bottom chain is new longer tools required for this job are. The amount of wear will vary greatly depending on the condition of your chain and where you ride mountain vs. Cassette lockring tool sram cassettes are compatible with shimano lockring tools chain.