Hey all, so I bought a used bike which has Ultegra 6600/6603 on it as 3×10. It came with a 12-25 cassette. I am cycling in high gradients and want to get a bigger cassette.
What I tried already:
Tried 11-32 cassette, derailleur did not clear the big cog in small front ring.
Tried 12-30 cassette derailleur did not clear the big cog.
B-screw as you can see in pic is alread turned around and maxed out (checked the sheldon brown article on this)
Chain was sized correctly.
I am aware I am exceeding both the max cog specification as well as capacity specification, but I want to get as much out of this groupset as possible.
What I am thinking of:
Either getting 12-28 cassette and calling it a day (that would have sufficient clearance)
Or getting a Wolftooth Roadlink to fit the 11-32. Further I do not want to stretch the capacity.
However on their website they claim triple cranksets are not compatible. (I guess due to capacity of medium cage derailleurs)
I tried the 11-32 cassette and when sized for 52-32 the chain was too long for the 30-11 gear. Anyway I would not crosschain while riding.
Do you reckon I would be fine? I read some people are running these configs where cross chaining is no longer possible due to running over capacity however I did not find what would be the consequences of a accidental shift into crosschain. Any experience?
by Fabio290
2 Comments
That derailleur hanger looks like it is the wrong way round.
I also doubt that it is the correct hanger for that frame.
Try removing & refitting so the b-screw can contact the spur on the hanger.
I’m still not sure that is going to work, but it’s a start.
Looked again & I’m not sure what is going on there. More pics, please.