Originally Posted by
itzwill
I have been riding my CAAD 10 for a few days. How ever after being used with compact crank I have noticed a different with mid compact. There are some nice hills around my area, how ever I find that 36-28 sometimes doesn't cut it as I can't seem to get my cadence up more. Is there a way to get a 32 on the rear cassette so I will have 36-32 ? I hardly ever use the 11 teeth cog. Sorry if it's a noob question.
Yes, there are cassettes that you could put on that go up to 32, however.........28 is usually the highest gear you can use with a short cage derailer. If you go higher than that, like 32, you usually have to go to a long-cage rear derailer. Even so, some will say that they can still shift into a higher gear than 28 with the short cage, but usually it's not supposed to work.
One more thought is that you could get some compact chain rings if your current BCD is 110 and the compacts are 110.
BUT......you might even hang on & see if you can strengthen your climbing legs to get the 36/28 combination to work better for you.
(just a thought)