"Why Does" Rear Mech Q

blister pus

how comes a mates shiny new mondraker bouncy, that comes with regular 3 ring / cassette set up, gets away with a standard sram medium cage rear mech being fitted and not the "recommended" long cage???

nicklouse

they dont expect people to use big and big.

but if they do BANG goes the mech.

or it is in "range" what is the range? ( see the info in the FAQs)

Neily03

Because they expect people who buy their bikes to know what they're doing.

konadawg

nicklouse wrote:

they dont expect people to use big and big.

Or small and small more likely?

El Capitano

My Coiler came with a medium caged XT mech running 44/32/22 rings and 11/32 cassette. Replaced it recently with a medium cage SLX. No issues so far.

ride_whenever

I run a short cage with a triple and get away with only a small amount of slack in little little, which i avoid like the plague...

blister pus

he gets full range of gears with little slack with 44/32/22 rings and 11/32 like El Cap. It just never occurred to me that you could get away with it. I might well experiment meself when rear mech replacement time comes.

supersonic

WHats the stated capacity of the mech?

blister pus

I'm assuming the standard SRAM medium cage range (37T i think), it appears to be a regular x7/x9 (i'd have to check)