short medium or long rear mech?
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Do the road mechs come in different lengths?0
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I'm currently running a compact with 28 tooth rear cog and am using a short mech. Works perfectly and needs a bit of careful shortening of the chain to get a good balance between the 50x28 gearing and the 34x12 gearing. It would be much easier to set-up with a lot more tolerance using a long cage rear mech, but it is definitely possible and once set-up will run just as smoothly whichever cage you use.There's warp speed - then there's Storck Speed0
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short mechPain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.0
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Shimano have a tech docs section on their website which gives you all you need to know (never checked others).
Basically a rear mech has certain limits and these are specified on the tech docs.
There is a maximum sprocket size stated and also a total capacity so you can easily work out which is suitable.
For your parameters a short cage would be fine.Yellow is the new Black.0