cage length?

[chauvinist_youth]

Im thinking of upgrading my chumba evo to a sram x.o setup and I was wondering if I should get the long cage or the short cage. I like riding my bike at fontana and doing dh type stuff, but I dont want shifting to suffer (but anything is better than I have right now). What would you reccomend?

[Neccros]

What size is your cassette???

[theclayster]

I am running a mid cage x-9 on my coiler and it works great, ride fontucky with it and even Fullerton. works great

[chauvinist_youth]

Originally Posted by Neccros

What size is your cassette???

ill be getting a new cassette too, which would you reccomend? I have no idea what goes to what except that sram reccomends the powerglide stuff.

[BrewMaster]

This thread has all you need to know. Enjoy.

[chauvinist_youth]

Originally Posted by BrewMaster

This thread has all you need to know. Enjoy.

Much appreciated, but all the numbers. Can someone just tell me what cage and cassette to buy for freeride bike that occasioally needs to be pedaled haha.

[thephat]

The simple answer that works most times is this: 3 rings in the front, run a long cage, 2 rings in the front, run a mid cage, 1 ring in the front run a short cage. If you have a tight road type cluster, you can sometimes run a short cage with a double ring. Running longer than recomended will not cause a problem asside from ground clearance. Running shorter than recomended will lead to trouble taking up all the chain slack in some gears.

[chauvinist_youth]

Originally Posted by thephat

The simple answer that works most times is this: 3 rings in the front, run a long cage, 2 rings in the front, run a mid cage, 1 ring in the front run a short cage. If you have a tight road type cluster, you can sometimes run a short cage with a double ring. Running longer than recomended will not cause a problem asside from ground clearance. Running shorter than recomended will lead to trouble taking up all the chain slack in some gears.

got it, thanks much