Road Bike Cassette Maintenance

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Road bike cassette maintenance. But this depends a lot of the conditions you ride in. With minor exceptions the sram manufacturer has used the same sprocket pitch inter sprocket spacing and spline pattern as shimano so that their products are used interchangeably with the possible exception of cog ramping. Now pushing 50 he s riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions. Shimano ultegra 6500 9 speed road cassette.

Cassette tools vary based on whether you re using sram shimano or campagnolo so make sure you get the right one for your cassette. A pre ride inspection securing bolts and cleaning and lubricating key components. If your road bike free hub wears out or breaks you ll know about it. Note that while there are bearings inside the cassette body referred to as the freehub and freewheel body they don t usually require service as frequently as hubs do.

Also don t overlook regular maintenance by a bike mechanic. Chainring cassette or sprocket for example. The largest sprocket on a road bike cassette is generally smaller than those on mountain bikes providing smaller jumps between gears. How to tell when you need new parts.

Despite road bikes being a relatively simple mechanical device many cyclists focus on just one or two areas when it comes to maintenance. The official torque setting is 40nm. Rrp 59 99 save 37 select option please select an option. Bike maintenance is a wide ranging topic so in this article we start with the basics.

Most road bike cassettes have an 11 12 or 13 tooth smallest sprocket then between 21 and 32 teeth on the largest sprocket. The full archive of road cc repair and maintenance articles. And with luck you might never experience issues. We tightening it until we feel the serrations on the lockrings inner face binding with the serrations on the outer face of the smallest sprocket.

Make the final tightening of the cassette lockring with the lockring tool. Cassette spline patterns for shimano freehubs fit a number of other makes of cassette and within its own products is the same for virtually every type of cassette. They might be fastidious about keeping their bike clean. Bike maintenance tips from our experts at road cc.

Campagnolo super record 11 speed road cassette.