Mountain Bike Cassette Width

Depending on what you need you may want to consider researching the specific cassette you plan to buy as the values might vary slightly.

Mountain bike cassette width. 8 speed 1 8mm 9 speed 1 78mm. With sram having launched the first 12 speed mountain bike groupset and campagnolo having filed a patent for a 12 speed road cassette do we really need 12 speed groupsets for road bikes henry. You can use this method to adapt an older 7 speed freehub in which splines are usually 30 31mm. These variables continually shift depending on the mountain bike discipline which means you ll typically find a huge disparity in terms of weight and dimensions across the spectrum there s no one wheel fits all scenario.

Wiggle s best selling 10 speed mountain bike cassette is the shimano hg81 slx 10 speed cassette. One of the key components in this revolutionary drivetrain design is the cassette and the benefits of shimano s latest xtr deore xt and slx cassettes are significant. Box components have released a 9 speed 11 50 drivetrain cassette rd and chain for emtbs thicker chain and cassette to cope with the torque and i think the gear jump ratios don t matter when it comes to mountain biking. For all the other standards mtb and road cassette is just a marketing term explaining the number of teeth bigger sprockets have and the difference in sprocket teeth numbers between adjacent sprockets but with 11 speeds cassettes really differ.

To give you some idea of the measurements of different bike components here are some estimates. Mountain bike gears typically have a wider range of sizes than road bike gears but the cassette containing the rear wheel s gears should be interchangeable with a road bike cassette of similar width. 11 speed road has a longer freehub body while mtb 11 speed cassette fits 8 9 10 speed freehub. If the cassette comes too close you might damage them.

Even seth s bike hacks uses it and he s a very nitpicky kind of guy. To move a mountain bike s derailleurs or chainrings to a road bike the derailleurs chainrings cassette freewheel and shifters on the road bike. Although i ve never seen this problem on a mountain bike only on road bike wheels. You should be careful about how much space you have from a cassette to the wheel spokes.

Instead mountain bikers can run double or even single chainsets reducing weight clutter and the frequency of mechanical problems. Shimano s new 12 speed mountain bike technology establishes the new benchmark in mountain bike performance and customization. The inner body of the freewheel may not be recessed so as to compensate completely for this flange depth and so the total width the of the freewheel may be greater affecting chainline and clearance at the right rear dropout. The total width given is that of the sprocket cluster.

8 speed 3 00mm 9 speed 2 56mm for cog or tooth width.