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Support road. Help us to make it better. Back to Features. Suffering on the hills? Find out how to get lower gears to make climbing easier. Your options for bike set-up to make climbing mountains a doddle. First Published Dec 6, Bike gear basics If you have a typical derailleur setup on a bike designed for the road, the chances are that you have two possibly one or three chainrings on the chainset at the front , and somewhere between eight and 12 sprockets on the rear wheel, in what's usually called a cassette or cluster.
Continue Reading. Mat Brett. Latest Comments wtjs 0 sec ago. Jenova20 36 min 29 sec ago. Road bike cassettes will have smaller sprockets, with a smaller jump between the teeth sizes, when compared to mountain bike cassettes.
The vast majority of road bikes will come fitted with a 12 - 25 cassette, and when this is paired with a standard chainset, it's more than suitable for the majority of cycling terrain. If you find that you're cycling lots of mountains or that you're unable to cycle your current hills, you may find a cassette with a bigger largest sprocket to be helpful.
If you do decide to go for something that has a larger sprocket, you'll need to make sure you have a longer cage for your rear derailleur. You'll need a longer cage for your rear derailleur because it accommodates the greater length of chain that's required to go around the larger sprocket. If you choose to keep your old derailleur on your new cassette, then you risk overstretching the derailleur, and you'll notice your chain becomes quite slack when you're riding on the smaller sprockets of the cassette.
You're the only one that will know if you need a bigger cassette. If you think that it will benefit your riding by doing so, then go for it. Ideal for recreational use or short rides on flat roads, most manufacturers sell bikes with cassette fitted, which fares pretty well with a standard or compact chainset. Brian is a Co-founder at My Bike Shop, a 2-time Ironman finisher, father of two incredible mini triathletes, and proud to be "chalk" ha, ha full of useful and useless bike knowledge!
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Hit enter to search or ESC to close. So is there a sweet spot that defines your ideal cassette? Understanding Your Cassette Types of cassettes vary, mainly depending on the number of cogs and teeth on them. The Terrain You Frequently Ride For obvious reasons, this is the biggest factor to decide the right cassette. Your Fitness Level The second biggest factor is your fitness. Your Crankset When choosing a cassette, most new riders fail to take their crankset into consideration.
Most road bike cassettes have an 11, 12, or tooth smallest sprocket, then between 21 and 32 teeth on the largest sprocket. The vast majority of road bikes come with a cassette, which is suitable for most cycling terrain when paired with a compact or standard chainset. If you ride a lot of hills or struggle with hill climbing, a cassette with a lower ratio largest sprocket 27 or more teeth may be beneficial.
It will allow you to keep spinning for longer, rather than grinding. When selecting a cassette for your road bike, ensure your derailleur can accommodate the largest sprocket. A longer cage rear derailleur is needed for larger sprockets because more chain is required to go around the greater number of teeth.
Use a small cage derailleur with a large sprocket cassette and you'll risk over-stretching the derailleur. You may also see the chain becomes slack when riding in the smaller sprockets on the cassette. View our full range of road bike cassettes at Wiggle. Mountain bike cassettes have a larger range of sprocket sizes due to the wide variety of gradients encountered on an off-road trail. Riding a flat forest track and then hitting a steep technical climb requires a major jump in gears.
To accommodate this, the sprocket sizes on mountain bike cassettes require bigger gaps, which means sacrificing some of the smooth, tight shifting enjoyed by road versions. The creation of 11, 12, and now even speed cassettes was a significant development for mountain biking. The larger number of sprockets means the biggest gear can have a huge number of teeth - providing easier gears for impossible climbs - while reducing the scale of the jump between each gear.
This evolution allowed mountain bikers to do away with their triple chainsets, including the small get-out-of-jail chainring, often derided as "the granny ring". Instead, mountain bikers can run double or even single chainsets, reducing weight, clutter, and the frequency of mechanical problems.
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