Originally Posted by
ltxi
A follow-up again thanks for this. After some miles on the 12-25 i decided to try this....and 50 miles in now it's been working well/great for me! Also, with credit, posted your tip in a gearing discussion in the 41 and it was well received.
Awesome! Glad you like it! I never use the 11 (even pros skip it) and when I got the 12-25 I didn't know much about running a nice chain line, so I just went with it. I liked the spacing but I was shifting A LOT. I found out over the course of the season and a chain change that I wanted both a better chainline on my regularly used gears, AND a smaller bailout gear (as I got stronger I started climbing more). I am also a SUPER cheapskate, and I simply wouldn't pay for the DA 12-28. I went to the parts box to look at my 11-28 that had been sitting, and realized the cogs were all loose (I guess it never occurred to me when I took it off last year because I wasn't looking for it).
It was a no brainer and all of 5 minutes to mash the two together and get a killer cassette that gives me literally everything I'm looking for. You could buy BOTH the 11-28 and the 12-25 in 5800 11spd, and give you all 3 setups for less money than a DA. I wish they would just spec this stock. Thanks for the props!