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Old 06-11-19, 04:27 PM
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HillRider
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10 and 11-speed cassettes starting larger than 11T are getting rare. For some reason even ordinary road riders with 50 and 53T chainrings are convinced they need a 120 to 130 gear-inch high gear.

My favorite 10-speed cassette is the 12x27 but they are nearly impossible to find these days. The closest is a 12x28 or 12x30 but both delete the highly useful 16T cog. I use the 12x27 with a 50/39/26 triple road crank which gives me a range of 26 to 112 gear-inchs with no big gaps.
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