Hello there,
There's a set of 3 chainrings on my bike, a cassette of 8 cogs, and a little bent rear derailleur which made me wanna go for some changes. I could just get a new rear derailleur but I've come up with an idea of experiencing a new ride. I've never used 2 chainrings ("granny" and middle) and will barely ever use any cog of a cassette which doesn't provide you with good speed. All the time I've used my 3x8 gear and would like to know if it is possible:
1. to get rid of a front derailleur (and its shifter as well), middle and "granny" chainrings;
2. A: to add 1-3 more cogs cassette to have 9-11 cogs in total;
2. B: or if possible to have fewer cogs than 8 but of smaller sizes so that it would result in having e.g. 3-4 cogs of small sizes with perfomance of range e.g. 3x8, 3x9, 3x10, 3x11 of a standart-sized cassette);
3. If it's 2A: I just change my cassette to another one with 9-11 cogs, buy a rear derailleur which has a range of switching of 1-9or11, and probably I must get a new shifter of rear derailleur to make sure its N of "clicks" coincides with N of cogs and a range of switching of a rear derailleur.
If it's 2B:
3. I get a new e.g. 10-cogs cassette, get rid of 6 biggest cogs if possible (or just buy a small-cogs set cassette if they are on the market), get a new shifter of a rear derailleur with 10 N of "clicks", buy a new derailleur with range of switching of 1-10 and try to "suit" it a proper way on my bike. And it will probably result in shifting by clicking only the last four numbers (7, 8, 9, 10) of a shifter, dozens of "fun" of trying to configure the rear derailleur with switching range of 1-10 to work well on a 4-cogs cassette of small cogs.
Extra question. If a shifter and a rear derailleur are by 1 manufacturer is there a need in checking for their ratio conciding?
There's a set of 3 chainrings on my bike, a cassette of 8 cogs, and a little bent rear derailleur which made me wanna go for some changes. I could just get a new rear derailleur but I've come up with an idea of experiencing a new ride. I've never used 2 chainrings ("granny" and middle) and will barely ever use any cog of a cassette which doesn't provide you with good speed. All the time I've used my 3x8 gear and would like to know if it is possible:
1. to get rid of a front derailleur (and its shifter as well), middle and "granny" chainrings;
2. A: to add 1-3 more cogs cassette to have 9-11 cogs in total;
2. B: or if possible to have fewer cogs than 8 but of smaller sizes so that it would result in having e.g. 3-4 cogs of small sizes with perfomance of range e.g. 3x8, 3x9, 3x10, 3x11 of a standart-sized cassette);
3. If it's 2A: I just change my cassette to another one with 9-11 cogs, buy a rear derailleur which has a range of switching of 1-9or11, and probably I must get a new shifter of rear derailleur to make sure its N of "clicks" coincides with N of cogs and a range of switching of a rear derailleur.
If it's 2B:
3. I get a new e.g. 10-cogs cassette, get rid of 6 biggest cogs if possible (or just buy a small-cogs set cassette if they are on the market), get a new shifter of a rear derailleur with 10 N of "clicks", buy a new derailleur with range of switching of 1-10 and try to "suit" it a proper way on my bike. And it will probably result in shifting by clicking only the last four numbers (7, 8, 9, 10) of a shifter, dozens of "fun" of trying to configure the rear derailleur with switching range of 1-10 to work well on a 4-cogs cassette of small cogs.
Extra question. If a shifter and a rear derailleur are by 1 manufacturer is there a need in checking for their ratio conciding?