Originally Posted by
shovelhd
I hear ya regarding the DA9000 cassettes. Shimano could be handling it better. I didn't know Recon made 11 speed Shimano cassettes. I have a K-Edge braze-on if you need it.
i'd read about the recon cassettes in the past but always dismissed them. didn't know about the 11s until this morning when i searched. yeah, the da9000 cassette thing is a shame. i like the 6800 cassette, but for this (silly) case it is extra weight.
i have k-edge catchers on my road bike, but they work in concert with the FD (the front of the FD is curved to mate with the braze-on clamp). i'm not aware of k-edge making one of their single chain watchers (CX style) with a braze-on clamp--i think they all require a round tube. maybe i'm wrong. i could maybe rig up a curved washer. i'm less worried about tossing the chain to the inside, though. maybe that is a bad assumption.