11-32 vs 11-34 cassette

[foofighter]

Originally Posted by Pho'dUp

Like Zippy said, with the 34T low gear on the cassette you can stay in the middle ring more.

But, I will say, that after 6hours on the the bike climbing 22t-34t is my best farking friend.

you are mortal after all

[autoduel]

Originally Posted by 2wheel_lee

You guys can't see the forest through the trees! The 32 and 34 big cogs are the least of my interests here!

If I'm running a 32 up front, I want that 11-32, and if I'm using a 34 up front I want the 11-34. This has nothing to do with the front chainring matching the big cog, though.
A 2:1 ratio is perfect for sprints and attacks (toward jumps). Any lower and I'm spinning and any higher and it's too tall. Yes, I know what I like.

When riding aggressively, where I'm doing lots of sprints, I prefer to run a 2:1 ratio:
The 11-32 has that 16 right there in the middle that offers a 2:1 ratio when used with a 32.
The 11-34 has that 17 right there in the middle that offers a 2:1 ratio whne used with a 34.

And just as you'd expect, my all mountain bike has a 36 up front, so you can bet that I'm running an 11-32, to get that 2:1 ratio with that 18 in the back.

Another benefit to the 11-32 is again the 18 used with a 32 up front. This is the same gearing I run on my singlespeed.

The 12-34 cassette offers other benifits in some applications.

Chosing the right cassette is one the most important aspects in bike setup.

Dood, just ride your Singlespeed2:1! 2:1!! 2:1!!!!!!

[Shu]

Thanks to everyone for your input...the reason for asking if you hadn't figured out....I'm looking to replace my cassette(need to not want to) and before I bought a new I thought I'd get some gearing insight

[theothermrt]

I use a 11-34 and a 34t chainring on my dh bike so I can climb most anything in the 1:1

[lardbutt]

The bigger you are and the older your knees get, the more the 34t will become your friend...


Along with Twinkies.

[Rockinthecasbah]

32-34 can get my fat arse up black star without the extra 2 teeth I would be dead

[lbmtbgrl]

Are you riding a hardtail or FS? You can get away with a smaller cassette on a hardtail 'cuz you can stand up on the steep climbs. I put an 11-34 on my FS to take pressure off my knees since I can't stand up on the climbs.

[DirtymikeTDB]

Without reading every post, I offer a challenge, of Ten dollars, its all I have, to be able to tell me what tooth granny gear I will install on your bike simply by going for a ride. In other words, I will install a cassette on your bike, you tell me what the biggest gear is. My bet is that I could install a cassette with a 32, and tell you its a 34, and you wont know the differnce.







P.S. I run an 11/32 Sram

[Blue Rat]

Originally Posted by DirtymikeTDB

Without reading every post, I offer a challenge, of Ten dollars, its all I have, to be able to tell me what tooth granny gear I will install on your bike simply by going for a ride. In other words, I will install a cassette on your bike, you tell me what the biggest gear is. My bet is that I could install a cassette with a 32, and tell you its a 34, and you wont know the differnce.







P.S. I run an 11/32 Sram

So basically what you're saying is that you'll put a cassette on my bike for 10 bucks?


All kidding aside, I tend to think you're probably correct in that the difference would be hard to discern by the average rider.

[DirtymikeTDB]

Originally Posted by Blue Rat

So basically what you're saying is that you'll put a cassette on my bike for 10 bucks?


All kidding aside, I tend to think you're probably correct in that the difference would be hard to discern by the average rider.

Ha, no... Eventually I would be outting your stuff back on!!!



Seriously though, mIf you had a 32, and you were told its a 34. your not going to notice, Its like syaing you can tell teh differnce between 170 and 175 cranks. I did bet a guy once about that, he told me he could absolutly tell a difference in power and clearance in cranks length. So I set his bike up, had him ride, and wanted him to tell me what cranks I put on without him looking, ha came back dead sure they were 175, seeing how he had plenty of power to climb and was smacking the pedals on rocks.

Funny part is, I put a 175 on the non drive, and a 170 on the drive!!! He couldnt belive it.