Originally Posted by 'nother
However, relative to Sheldon's article, what I'm referring to is the part that says: Long-cage derailers have greater takeup capacity, and work with all types of cassettes.
Which to me is a bit misleading, based on my understanding and first-hand experience, which is: simply being "long-cage" does not mean a RD will handle any cassette (e.g. any cog size, which is what I assume Sheldon means when he says "all types of cassettes").
http://sheldonbrown.com/speeds
One of the things I love about publishing on the Web, as opposed to paper, is that when someone points out an error or ambiguity in something I've written, I have the opportunity to immediately correct/improve it.
That passage was, indeed, a bit of an oversimplification, and I didn't define "long" in the context. I've revised it, hope it's more clear now.
In my defense, I'll note that the focus of this article is on interchangeability among different numbers of speeds, not so much on range issues.
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