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Yeah, it is much better than the Sheldon-whoever gear calculator that is usually recommended.That's a nice calculator--I'll be playing with it a little later today.
Yup, that one.Sheldon Brown?
My bike is a 10-speed 105 and Shimano doesn't even make a 105 or Ultegra 11-32... not that 10-speed road derailleurs can handle that much capacity anyway. Haha.
Nihongi isn't known for its kindness to cyclists.I have a semi-compact with a 11-30 cassette at the back on my new bike. It took a bit of getting used to (serious lack of fitness), but I'm now ok when climbing the shady forest roads. However, climbing Nihongi the other day with the blazing hot sun on my back was a completely different story. Worst climb I've ever done. I needed to stop three times on the way up. I'd have probably only got up there in one go on a motorbike!
It is always tempting for all of us to use race gearing, i. e. the gearing we use when we are at peak fitness and motivation. IMHO it is always better to err on the side of having one or two extra climbing gears rather than having one more gear on top or tighter spacing between gears. Plus, wider cassettes allow you to shift less often in the front, which is what I prefer.I have a semi-compact with a 11-30 cassette at the back on my new bike. It took a bit of getting used to (serious lack of fitness), but I'm now ok when climbing the shady forest roads. However, climbing Nihongi the other day with the blazing hot sun on my back was a completely different story. Worst climb I've ever done. I needed to stop three times on the way up.
This is what I had too: an older 105 model 10 speed 12-27 cassette. The 11-32 arrived yesterday and I did a trainer run with it this morning, and it worked fine. This was the Shimano model: https://bike.shimano.com/en-EU/product/component/deore-m6000/CS-HG500-10.html.
There was a 10-12% grade on a small part of the route and the 32T sprocket made a huge difference. This was after a lot of research on Shimano's website, done after reading every comment, particularly Stomec's, on this write-up: https://road.cc/content/feature/213...ower-gears-make-climbing-easier-heres-how-get
You have the medium/long cage derailleur, right? I have a short. I don't want to buy another one since I just bought this one about a year ago to replace a derailleur that may or may not have worked fine (just had a little to much side to side play)
My bike is in pieces at the moment since I decided I was going to try to fix a bad water bottle mount... and now it's rattling around in my frame.... and I need new cables.... and my BB shell may be way out of spec.
How long is the cage?
I'll measure it after work. But I looked at some vids on YouTube from GCN and it does not look like a long cage.
Was the saddle hard to set up? From ISM's website I gather than the two "arms" can bend in slightly different directions if you don't mount the saddle properly in the clamp.