Carerra Virtuoso - Gear Ratio Change
lighty89
Posts: 183
I currently have a Carrera Virtuoso, and am pretty impressed with how its ridden, will be looking to upgrade to a nice new Ribble at some point.
However, I will be participating in Mow Cop Killer Mile as part of Cheshire Cat sportive next month, and my current gear ratio is horrible when at the top!
What can I do to change it?
Do you have links to chainrings, casettes ect that may help?
However, I will be participating in Mow Cop Killer Mile as part of Cheshire Cat sportive next month, and my current gear ratio is horrible when at the top!
What can I do to change it?
Do you have links to chainrings, casettes ect that may help?
MTB - VooDoo Bantu
Commuter - Raleigh Grande
Commuter - Raleigh Grande
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Have a look at the Road Beginners forum: there's a sticky thread at the top about changing gear ratios.0
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I changed my crank on the TDF (which is same as the Virtuoso iirc) to a 2300 compact. You may be able to pick one of those up cheap.0
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Also got a virtuso. Commute up a lot of hills so changed the 36 to 34:
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/shi ... nt=Default
and got an 11-30 cassette with Sora 3500 9 speed RD:
http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-t ... himgrrr211
Much nicer now.0 -
chatlow wrote:Also got a virtuso. Commute up a lot of hills so changed the 36 to 34:
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/shi ... nt=Default
and got an 11-30 cassette with Sora 3500 9 speed RD:
http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-t ... himgrrr211
Much nicer now.
Smashing, thank you!
Did you get short cage or medium cage deraileuer?
Also my front shifters only do 8??MTB - VooDoo Bantu
Commuter - Raleigh Grande0 -
Right, I have the following at the moment:
Chainset: FSA Tempo Compact chainset 50/34T
Front Mech: Shimano FD-2300
Rear Mech: Shimano Sora
Cassette: 12-26T
Number of Gears: 16
Can I change the casette to another 8 speed one? With lower teeth, like 11-28?
Would it be possible to change the front chainring down at all?MTB - VooDoo Bantu
Commuter - Raleigh Grande0 -
lighty89 wrote:chatlow wrote:Also got a virtuso. Commute up a lot of hills so changed the 36 to 34:
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/shi ... nt=Default
and got an 11-30 cassette with Sora 3500 9 speed RD:
http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-t ... himgrrr211
Much nicer now.
Smashing, thank you!
Did you get short cage or medium cage deraileuer?
Also my front shifters only do 8??
8 speed shifters won't be an issue as long as you get an 8 speed cassette. I was worried the 9 speed RD might cause a problem but was told by Ribble it will be fine due to 8/9 chain sizing - and it has been.
I went for the medium cage in case I decided to change to even lower gears in future.. but I won't be, so small or medium cage would have been fine.0
