What are the benefits of going to 10spd?
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What are the benefits of going from 9spd to 10 spd? Where do I gain extra gears (do I get an extra sprocket in the middle somewhere or at top/bottom end)?
I'm thinking of changing my bike this year and had only planned to buy a frame but my OH has said I should upgrade to 10spd as well. I don't know if it's worth the extra expense.
What bits would I need to change? Is it just the shifters and cassette (already running a 10spd chain)?
I'm thinking of changing my bike this year and had only planned to buy a frame but my OH has said I should upgrade to 10spd as well. I don't know if it's worth the extra expense.
What bits would I need to change? Is it just the shifters and cassette (already running a 10spd chain)?
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It is the 31st.... Best you make your mind up, quick! :shock:
If OH is 'allowing' you to upgrade the complete bike, go for it! Get the same model as him, just a different colour
If you check on the various sites selling cassettes, you'll see in the description where the differences are.
IIRC the extra gear just makes the transitions less noticeable.
12.13.15.17.19.21.23.25
...missing out most noticeably cogs 14 and 16 - meaning there are 'gaps' in the most used area of your range.
Having a ten speed reduces these gaps, while retaining the overall range of 12-25. A standard 105 cassette runs:
12-13-14-15-16-17-19-21-23-25T
All of which means you can choose the most appropriate gear easier, rather than 'searching' in-between gears. Also most higher-end gruppos are 10-speed, which makes for easier upgrading compatability at a later date.
It would probably be cheaper to buy an entire bike IMHO, rather than gruppo/frame seperately, you could then sell your current 9-speed or use it as a Winter bike.
it's my good summer bike and your new bike has the same chain set as your old bike ie. double/triple.
My reasons are:
10 speed chains and cassettes are more expensive so why bother for a winter bike.
A lot of manufacturers are not selling triples but compacts instead so you end up with a 12-27 to get the lower gear which means that your gearing is the same as a 9 speed 12-25. So if you currently run a double chain set, go for a 10 speed or if you run a triple and can get 10 speed with a triple go for it, but don't be fobbed off with a compact to replace a triple with a 10 speed.
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Hills are just a matter of pace
As for buying the same frame as him, tsk, that is quite clearly Against The Rules. (Article 4.2.7. The value of Her bike and/or bike parts must not exceed the value of His bike and/or bike parts).
I already run a 12-25 on a compact. The compact is new and I also love my wheels and do not want to part company with them so I don't really see the point of a whole new bike (unless I sold brand new wheels that come on a brand new bike). The rest of my groupset is mainly 105 and in really good condition so I don't 'need' to replace bits yet.
Not sure if 2 extra gears in the mid-range can justify an additional expense of £350 to get 105 10spd + cassette. Would I need to change anything else?
It does not matter so much if you can handle large cadence changes when some so and so is trying to drop you. Or you are prepared to let them go.
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail
Hills are just a matter of pace
My ideal set up would be 50/34 with 12/27 11sp. Straight through from 12 to 19 then 21,24,27.
And, in answer to your bottom line, yes, you need to go SRAM! :shock: There's all the reasons you need...
Parker international do custom ratios, I don't think they're cheap though, ooh no just checked they aren't. And they don't do 10 speed shimano either for some reason.
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You would need shifters, cassette and a new chain. Unless your current one is very new I would not mate it with a new cassette.