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Will my 105 rear mech take a 28T sprocket?

TheDrunkMonkTheDrunkMonk Posts: 181
edited December 2009 in Workshop
Hi guys/gals

Hope you can help. I've got a Shimano 105 rear mech. I'm guessing these are short cage... (a question more than a statement)
Are these compatible with a 12-28T rear cassette?

If not, I've just wasted some money. Doh!

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  • redddraggonredddraggon Posts: 10,862
    Should manage it. Just make sure the chain is the right length.
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  • maddog 2maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    +1

    tweak the tension screw if the top jockey is rubbing

    ability to handle 28t is not linked to cage length but the geometry of the mech itself. In other words, a long cage road mech isn't like a mtb mech. Mtb mechs can handle bigger sprockets than road mechs because they have different geometries, which hold the jockeys further away from the sprockets
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  • wiffachipwiffachip Posts: 861
    giant scr1's came with 105 and 28 and work fine
  • markp2markp2 Posts: 162
    Yes, just done it. Used a 28-11 Deore cassette
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    Kinetic-One FK1 roadie - the fast one - hairy legs though!
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  • TheDrunkMonkTheDrunkMonk Posts: 181
    I decided to get a medium cage mech, the old short cage one can go on a bike I'm making up for a turbo trainer I possibly may only look at. You know it makes sense....

    (Many thanks again to Duffler for the kind donation)
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