Originally Posted by
chadtrent
Ahh. I'm not familiar with the Altus.
Most of the derailers with the capacity for a 40 tooth cog are going to be 10 and 11 speed derailers that won’t work with the 8 speed system on the Verve 2. It would require a change of shifters, cassette, chain and likely the crank. That would be far too expensive.