SRAM XX + road bike
12-01-10, 05:34 PM
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I know a guy using an X.9 rear derailleur with rival shifters. No need to go all the way to XX now that SRAM has Apex and 10 speed mountain down to the X.7 level. You can even go up to a 36t cassette.
12-01-10, 08:10 PM
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I'm glad you bumped this. I wouldn't mind doing this for Brasstown or for some of the climbs in the Spanish Sierra Madrid mountains. I think I'd also use the Apex parts now, though. Quick search shows the Apex RD for $57, handles 11-32 rear cassette, and the PG-1050 cassette is $83.
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12-21-11, 04:01 PM
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anybody using apex RD and cassette on an otherwise RED bike?
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I know that this is a SRAM XX thread, but the idea is pretty much using MTB RD to accommodate a wider cog. The question now is for the new "mid-compact" cranks I've been seeing lately... was it 52-36? Can you use a 52-36 crank with an 11-32 or 11-34 cog along with MTB RD's (SRAM XX, X7, or even Shimano XTR or XT)?
12-21-11, 04:34 PM
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RD and shifter matching isn't really that complex, ultimately as long as the mountain bike RD has the same pull ratio as the same brand's road derailleur it should work perfectly.
12-21-11, 04:50 PM
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The Sram Apex 11-32 ten speed cassette can be installed and used with an Ultegra drivetrain: https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...r-fear-no-hill
This intrigues me. Only works with Ultegra 6600? What would constitute a short hanger that prevents that? Are short hangers a race bike thing?
12-21-11, 04:55 PM
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Suddenly four you/emm/dee threads have been bumped....interesting......****
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12-21-11, 04:57 PM
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12-21-11, 05:03 PM
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Inside gossip aside, can you pop on an 11-32 Apex to a Ultegra 6600 RD?
Inside gossip aside, can you pop on an 11-32 Apex to a Ultegra 6600 RD?
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12-21-11, 05:25 PM
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I know that this is a SRAM XX thread, but the idea is pretty much using MTB RD to accommodate a wider cog. The question now is for the new "mid-compact" cranks I've been seeing lately... was it 52-36? Can you use a 52-36 crank with an 11-32 or 11-34 cog along with MTB RD's (SRAM XX, X7, or even Shimano XTR or XT)?
Oh, and by the way, this setup is lighter than a Dura-ace derailler and cassette
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12-21-11, 05:49 PM
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I have the 11-32 Apex rear cassette, currently on my touring bike with a Shimano XT rear derailleur. Shifts beautifully. I'm going to put it on the Red equipped bike for a couple of events next year, and I am planning to just buy the Apex RD for those.
12-21-11, 06:39 PM
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So the trick is to use a long cage shimano rd for use w/Apex?
I thought that 10spd Shimano road and mountain derailleur Were not cross-compatible.
Anyone else out there using an Ultegra 6600 with an Apex cassette? I have that Der. and I'd like to try it, as oppossed to switching groups, but it's too expensive an experiment for me.
I thought that 10spd Shimano road and mountain derailleur Were not cross-compatible.
Anyone else out there using an Ultegra 6600 with an Apex cassette? I have that Der. and I'd like to try it, as oppossed to switching groups, but it's too expensive an experiment for me.
12-21-11, 06:48 PM
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I'm running a long cage Ultegra with a 12-32 9 speed cassette. It works fine. The person that told me it worked fine was running a 12-34 10 speed MTB cassette with the same derailleur.
12-21-11, 06:57 PM
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Use a 9 speed Shimano mountain derailleur with the Shimano 10 speed road shifters. The new 10 speed MTB derailleurs have a revised pull ratio. With SRAM, you can use either the XX mountain derailleur (as Steve, the OP of this thread, did) or the new Apex RD.
12-22-11, 11:38 AM
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I have been to the Mountain Top!
FYI: I tried a long cage ultegra RD with the XX 11-32 and found that the jockey pulley was touching the sprockets in the taller gears even when I had adjusted b-tension screw to its limit. That's why I went to the 9 spd XT RD and found shifting nirvana!
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