10 speed cassette 11-36 or 11-42

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10 speed cassette 11-36 or 11-42
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flag badley88
Posted: Dec 21, 2015 at 12:57 Quote
It's a little longer I did not measure how much .just brings derailleur down a few mm . More than enough clearance. I have been riding bike up and down my block just now and it feels great very smooth and the 11- 42 is a great range of gears. When I ride in trails at end of week I will post a ride report. All I can say buy the goat link no worries. Oh chain length is 116. Kmc x10 sl gold chain. And switched to fox fork 32 evolution 140mm standard 9mm.
flag ric0
Posted: Dec 22, 2015 at 6:23 Quote
I opted for the 16 tooth chainring as well when I went with this setup as it's a big jump once you remove the cog to put the 40 /42 cog in place. Offers even smoother shifting down low.

Compared to a rad cage this is a much cheaper route and it works.
flag badley88
Posted: Dec 27, 2015 at 11:10 Quote
Ok did my first trail ride on new components . Well the 11-42 10:speed is awesome . Was able to climb areas I could not when it was 11-34. With the goat link shifting was effortless. Positive shifting up and down. Also first time tubless. Wow what a difference ,if have not done it yet do it now. Also going from 100mm fork rock shox to 140mm fox 32 float is just night and day different,Better ! At least for me. My diamond d back recoil feels like a high end bike at half the price.
flag colemanb
Posted: Jul 5, 2016 at 14:27 Quote
Resurrecting this thread to ask: Is there a SRAM equivalent of the Goatlink or RADr cage?
flag Lftronic
Posted: Aug 23, 2016 at 18:01 Quote
God thanks I found this forum on Pb. I just bought a Sram GX2.1 10speed with a medium cage and when I went to my local bike shop they told me it wouldn't fit with a 11/42sunrace 32 tooth front. Will it be fine or do I have to order a long cage version? As for the installation how and what should I do?
flag chize
Posted: Aug 24, 2016 at 16:57 Quote
Lftronic wrote:
God thanks I found this forum on Pb. I just bought a Sram GX2.1 10speed with a medium cage and when I went to my local bike shop they told me it wouldn't fit with a 11/42sunrace 32 tooth front. Will it be fine or do I have to order a long cage version? As for the installation how and what should I do?

The problem won't be the long or medium cage, medium cage has plenty of capacity for 11/42 spread. The problem may be that the GX2.1 may not be designed to handle a 42 tooth low gear (do a bit of googling and you should be able to find out). You can sometimes squeeze it by turning the b-screw all the way in or getting a longer b-screw but if you haven't ordered the cassette yet you may be better off getting the 11-40 to be sure it'll work.
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