what derailleur?

The Northern Monkey
The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,136
edited April 2009 in MTB buying advice
I'll be running 36T chainring and 11-32T Cassette.

Long cage spec's =
Maximum Sprocket: 28/34T
Minimum Sprocket: 11T
Front Difference: 14T
Total Capacity: 31/37T

Short cage spec's =
Maximum Sprocket: 28/34T
Minimum Sprocket: 11T
Front Difference: single front chainring
Total Capacity: 17/23T

will I be ok with the short cage derailleur?

Cheers,
Ben

Edit: also what does this mean and which would I use - close or wide?
Mode Converter: Allows the derailleur to track to close (23-28T) & wide (32-34T) gear ratios.
Santa Cruz Butcher

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    and the rear mech is? and going on what?
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,136
    The new saint one. Going on my NS :)
    Santa Cruz Butcher
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    go short. Mode converter is if you want ti use a close ratio cassette (road) IIRC.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,136
    Ah k kewl. was wondering what it meant... their site has the specs but doesn't really explain what they mean :(

    I was thinking it was the small I needed, with having the single ring upfront :)

    Just wish I could afford a work stand to help me set it up properly, knees were killing the other day when I fitted the E13!!

    Cheers for thy holy wisdom :)
    Santa Cruz Butcher
  • Whytepeak
    Whytepeak Posts: 2,616
    Lots of things can be used as a stand, for example I use a Keyboard stand - you could use an upside down ironing board. :wink:
    Now that we are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please ourselves. ROMANS 15:1
  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,136
    oooo thats not a bad idea! was just eyeing up the park home mechanic stand so you may have just saved me 100 notes :lol:
    Santa Cruz Butcher
  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    if you're strugling with a workstand, you can usually rig something up with rope and a curtain rail
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  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,136
    ride_whenever wrote:
    if you're strugling with a workstand, you can usually rig something up with rope and a curtain rail
    yea I tied my bike to a tree last time I was cleaning it - would be ideal. The landlord took a chainsaw to the tree tho, so my bodge has been destroyed :(
    Santa Cruz Butcher
  • batch78
    batch78 Posts: 1,320
    Anything two inches higher than saddle height will do to hang it on!

    Oh, go short. :wink:
  • Grimy
    Grimy Posts: 111
    Decathlon WS 100 workstand. £30 Cant go wrong for that money. Ive got one, saves my knees, folds up real small, holds bike well, makes dialing in your gears and bleading breaks etc very easy. 8)

    http://www.decathlon.co.uk/EN/ws-100-workstand-3960349/

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