Changing Rear Cassette On Road Bike
A typical gear spread for an mtb cassette the amount of teeth on the smallest and largest sprockets would be 11 34t.
Changing rear cassette on road bike. Over time the teeth on the gears start to wear down making the connection to the chain weaker and costing you valuable power. Then insert the cassette lockring remover into your cassette and turn it until it seats. Shimano 6800 ultegra 11 speed cassette. The rear cassette is a set of concentric gear rings attached to your back wheel.
They typically differ from road bike cassettes in having greater gaps in gearing between each sprocket. If a standard cassette lockring remover doesn t fit your cassette ask a bike tech for one that will. The easiest way to determine if your cassette is worn out is to install a new chain. There are some cassette checking tools on the market but they are somewhat subjective to use.
Shift into the smallest sprocket. After you have removed the rear wheel from your bike remove the quick release skewer from the wheel. How to set up your brakes video how to change a cassette 1. This is one cassette that played very well when it comes to a wide range of terrains.
Most mtb bikes use 9 10 11 or 12 speed cassettes although more budget models may use 8 or less commonly 7 speed. 3 best rear cassettes you can buy today for your road bike 1. Cassette tools vary based on whether you re using sram shimano or campagnolo so make sure you get the right one for your cassette. Of course do this test in such a way that a skipping chain will not injure the rider.
Road bike cassettes for climbing. Our first best choice was the shimano 6800 ultegra 11 speed cassette. Release the brakes and quick release to remove the wheel. After that all the tips you need are in the video.
Shimano 6800 ultegra 11 speed cassette click to see price. It will only seat in one position. Each ring is a gear on your bike and the chain which connects to the pedals turns the cassette to power the bike. If the chain skips under pedalling load then it s time for a new cassette.
Most road bikes will come with 11 12 or 13 teeth on the smallest sprocket and then will have anywhere between 21 and 32 teeth on the largest sprocket. Remove rear wheel and quick release. A bicycle cassette is the cluster of sprockets located on the rear hub of your bike slotting onto a freehub body and held firmly in place with a threaded cassette lockring.