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flag Aherne746
Posted: Dec 4, 2013 at 3:01 Quote
Ok, so I'm new to the world of DH biking, and a noob on bike mechanics. I'm currently riding an 09 stinky with a 1x9 setup. I bought it like this as the guy used it solely for DH, however I do go out for trail rides with friends and struggle climbing hills.

I've looked into going for 11-36 9 cog cassette, the question is whether this would be a direct swap with my existing 9 cog set up which I believe to be 11-32 (to be confirmed when I'm with my bike). In my mind the tooth size wouldn't effect the spacing of the cassette, just an adjustment to the derailleur perhaps?

Thanks in advance
flag maccduff
Posted: Dec 4, 2013 at 4:24 Quote
Aherne746 wrote:
Ok, so I'm new to the world of DH biking, and a noob on bike mechanics. I'm currently riding an 09 stinky with a 1x9 setup. I bought it like this as the guy used it solely for DH, however I do go out for trail rides with friends and struggle climbing hills.

I've looked into going for 11-36 9 cog cassette, the question is whether this would be a direct swap with my existing 9 cog set up which I believe to be 11-32 (to be confirmed when I'm with my bike). In my mind the tooth size wouldn't effect the spacing of the cassette, just an adjustment to the derailleur perhaps?

Thanks in advance
11-34 is I believe the widest range 9spd cassette from the main players of SRAM and Shimano, the 11-36 offering from these is a 10spd cassette which would also require new rear mech and shifter. You could look at a smaller front chain ring anything from 28 . 30, 32 34 would be worth considering depending on how steep/long the hills are your're trying to climb.
PS if running an11-32 jumping to 11-34 should be within the range of the mech but might need a longer chain dependant on how short your current one is, plus it makes sense to change the chain with the cassette
flag Aherne746
Posted: Dec 4, 2013 at 4:49 Quote
Yeah the chain length could be an issue I had over looked, the shimano deore HG61 is a 12-36t. I'm not that fast down hill and never use the 11t for pedalling down hill (still a bit of a girl), and as a majority of rides are the blue and red trails at swinley and QECP it doesn't seem like I would miss the smaller tooth too much for now.
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