Just curious as the last time I had a DH bike I ran a 2x9 11-32 and a Bash/32/24 what most guys are running on there rigs now.
I have a 35t front and 11-30 rear, in 8 speed. I ride probably all of the parks that you will ride. This setup is fine for virtually everything. When I'm actually moving, I'm never in the top 3 gears. Climbing to the top of say hellion or easy rider, I have a few gears to drop down into. I almost never use my 30t, but I'm too cheap to get rid of the XTR 8 speed titanium cassette I have in favor of something worse.So if I was running more of a freeride bike set up then would 1X10 34 front Ring and 11-32 rear to much gearing for park riding or pretty standard. Thinking of replacing my components with Shimano Zee so trying to figure out which cassette and rear mech I would need.
What cassette for the 11-36 9 speed setup??
yep, the LX/Deore, but its designed for 29ers.shimano do a 12-36 one not sure about 11-36. back on topic im running
Maybe because they only ride parkWhy do amateur riders run tight gearing road cassettes? I can understand a pro doing it on their race bike, but I know I vary in speed between 5-40mph roughly on my DH bike. Using close spaced gears seems ridiculous. Especially because if I AM pedaling, I'm sprinting, and I'd want wider spaced gears because of my unbelievably fast rate of acceleration.
Or because i'm faster than youMaybe because they only ride park
ToucheOr because i'm faster than you
I want to slap you36 11-23 here.
I run a road cassette because it was a cheap way to drop a lot of weight from a heavy bike.
So jealous, I love yeti's my last 575 broke it was a sad day!Yeti 303 DH bike: 36t 11-28 9 speed
Yeti SB66C trail bike: 32t 11-36t 10 speed
Yeti DJ slalom/play: 34t-16t singlespeed
I had good luck with a blackspire monovelo (single speed, non dh-specific) 36t and a 35t e13 ring. No noticeable difference in wear nor shifting.Any rings people like over the other for 104 BCD? I have had good luck with with MRP stuff but I am always open to trying something new.
Isn't that the Pinkbike motto?Pretty much all the other information in this thread is massively irrelivent narcisistic crap bordering on autism! [/irony]
Pretty much. I run an 11-23 cassette on my DH bike, and basically use the 23 to pedal to the lift line, and don't actually ride DH in the top half of the cassette at all.For a bike you actually ride uphill - Work out the lowest gear you need for climbing and the highest gear you need before spinning out then use a gear calculator to see if you can manage that range with one chainring and a wide range cassette or if you'll need two rings.
For a DH bike, work out the smallest chainring you won't spin out in the 11T sprocket and fit it, any cassette will do but I guarantee even if it's a road cassette the two largest sprockets wil still be totally pointless on a DH track.