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12-06-11 | 08:01 AM

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bud16415

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From: Erie Penna.

My replacement cassette for similar reasons is a 9sp 12,14,16,18,21,24,28,32,36 and I run a 52-42-26 up front. I don’t miss the 11 in the back at all with the 52-42 combo. Personally when I get in the 26 up front I like having more of a range in the back than just the 36. And the shifts between 24,28,32,36 are all easy. That gives me a range of granny gears between 29 and 19 gear inches.

Around here there are some steep hills also that I needed lower granny gears for but as someone mentioned you can also spin yourself out with that 19 gear inch when the incline drops off a little and having a 22 and 25 gear inch in between that 29 will make those shifts under load a lot easier IMO.

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