Old 02-26-08, 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by carpediemracing
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If your chain is barely long enough for the big-big with the 25, it might just rip your rear derailleur off or your rear wheel out in the big big with the 27.
I did just that with a 12-28 cassette. I knew I had exceeded the chainwrap capacity by 3, but I never cross chain. Still, I started from a traffic light and pieces of derailleur flew everywhere and I got to pretend my bike was a scooter all the way home.
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