Road Bike Cassette Gearing

If your bike is currently fitted with an 11 28t cassette switching to an 11 34t cassette will make climbing less of a struggle.

Road bike cassette gearing. The smaller the range between the highest and lowest speeds the less jump you ll have between each gear giving you a smooth change. The gearing you have on your road bike is one of the most important things to get right if you are to maximise the enjoyment of your riding. All other things being equal the 34t sprocket on the 11 34t cassette is going to give you the easiest gear. It also offers a 12 25t cassette a wide range 11 32t cassette and an even wider 11 34t.

Sram has based apex gearing around a compact double chainset but utilises a specially designed rear derailleur and large ratio cassette of up to 11 36t to significantly reduce the gearing. For example the cassette you d want for a mountain bike would be very different to the cassette you d choose for a road bike. Japanese made wider gearing options includes lock ring and a top rated shimano product. Colors group similar values.

We selected unanimously shimano 6800 ultegra 11 speed cassette as the best rear cassette for this year. The largest sprocket on a road bike cassette is generally smaller than those on mountain bikes providing smaller jumps between gears. Most road bike cassettes have an 11 12 or 13 tooth smallest sprocket then between 21 and 32 teeth on the largest sprocket. When selecting a cassette the main thing to consider is the range of gearing.

Every road cyclist understands that size of the chainrings and sprockets dictate the gearing of the bike however there is more to the concept than simply the number of teeth involved.