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01-29-17 | 08:02 AM

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HillRider

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Originally Posted by bradtx

.....you can close up your ratios using a 13-28T cassette.

I agree but good luck finding one. Shimano made some Junior cassettes with 14 and even 15T small cogs and Campy makes 10-speed 13x26 and 13x29 cassettes but finding any 11-speed cassette with anything but an 11T or, at best a 12T small cog is nearly impossible.

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