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Originally Posted by
mgopack42
Oh, it will be fine as long as I don't use any of those silly cross over gears... too much chain in small-small, and not nearly enough in big-big! If I forget and go big-big, (I tend to get lazy after years of riding modern compact gearing), I will likely need SAG to get home. I have a few months to fettle it, and I have a Crane GS and a Suntour AR long cage on stand by if needed!
Man, I wouldn't take that chance, especially not with that nice looking Masi. At least I wouldn't trust myself to always remember which gear is one too many. I very much doubt you can swap a cage from a Crane RD, but here's an example of someone who transplanted a 6200 long cage onto a 7402 RD.
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Edit: For whatever reason the Facebook link isn't showing up above. (A forum policy?) If you do a Google search using the terms "Here's something you don't see everyday,... - Shimano STI long cage DA 7400 RD" you will hopefully be able to see the example.