Mountain Bike Cassette Upgrade
Joe s first upgrade is tubeless tyres.
Mountain bike cassette upgrade. Look at the bikes of the world s best mountain bikers and you re unlikely to find a front derailleur or front shifter in use. Which also leads us onto the final upgrade idea. You can use this method to adapt an older 7 speed freehub in which splines are usually 30 31mm. Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
Hello i have been riding a yt capra al comp. I explain and show what to look for to tell if. I occasionally get asked by viewers if they can update a bike wheel from a 7 speed cassette to an 8 9 or 10 speed cassette. Wiggle s best selling 10 speed mountain bike cassette is the shimano hg81 slx 10 speed cassette.
Some of the ideal sprocket ranges for mountain bikes are 11 32 11 34 and 11 36. Posts may 3 2020 at 6 48 pm 336874. Road bike cassettes can be found in a massive range of sizes but they have a rear cassette with very little difference between the sprockets. Capra cassette chain e13 shimano trs xt yt.
The global mountain bike network is the best mtb youtube channel with videos for everyone who loves dirt. From the full faced helmet downhill mountain biker to the lycra clad cross country rider. Although i ve never seen this problem on a mountain bike only on road bike wheels. The cassette is made up of circular sprockets which have teeth on to hold your chain.
You should be careful about how much space you have from a cassette to the wheel spokes. Your mountain bike cassette is the main part of your bike s drivetrain found on the rear wheel. Viewing 5 reply threads author. Forums mountain bike forum cassette upgrade.
Now 10 speed mountain bike cassettes come in sprocket ranges such as 11 32 11 34 11 36 and 11 42. I ve got a hardtail with an 11 42 cassette and an fs bike with 11 46. Mountain bike cassettes usually come with 9 10 and 11 sprockets depending on your number of gears. If the cassette comes too close you might damage them.
Depends on whatever low gear your terrain and fitness demand but personally i d go for the 11 46 cassette. It offers a true bail out low gear. When he got his first 29er race bike back in 2012 he immediately pumped the tyres up to 25psi as recommended by a friend then lo and behold he got a.