Cannondale Bad Boy gearing upgrade

SLX01

I have a Bad Boy triple ring 48t with a deore long rear cage and MTB cassette. I rarely use any gears other than the front big ring and usually ride on the smaller rear cogs. I was thinking of changing the rear for a road cassette with a shorter cage to make the bike more road friendly. Would I notice any benefits or just leave it as it is?

ratherbeintobago

If you change to a road cassette, you'll probably find that you're in the 'right' gear more often (ie. not too high/too low) as the space between cogs is smaller so you may find things are more efficient. I wouldn't rush to change the mech as too big a cage isn't really a problem unless you're trying to save grams.

I've got a road cassette on my shopper as the MTB cassette that came on it meant I had a bottom gear that I could ride up a wall on.

Andy

SLX01

ratherbeintobago wrote:

If you change to a road cassette, you'll probably find that you're in the 'right' gear more often (ie. not too high/too low) as the space between cogs is smaller so you may find things are more efficient. I wouldn't rush to change the mech as too big a cage isn't really a problem unless you're trying to save grams.

I've got a road cassette on my shopper as the MTB cassette that came on it meant I had a bottom gear that I could ride up a wall on.

Andy

Thanks that was my thinking! The only reason I was thinking of changing the mech is the chain seems to flap about a bit when on the smaller rear cogs as there is so much 'spare' chain and thought a shorter chain/mech would cure this.

thebig25

I've just done this on my Hybrid. Went from 11-34 to 11-27 and changed the rear mech too.

It's much better- as the poster above says, finding the right gear seems easier, and there are no big gaps in the range.

Blue Meanie

Take a few links out of your chain? Just watch out for when you're in big at the front and big at the back (not that you should use that combo anyway)

SLX01

Just like to say thanks for the advice ended up buying a cs-hg50-9 11-25 and it is brilliant much easier to keep the power on and changing is much slicker....cheers.