Originally Posted by
MePoocho
Now these recommendations are up to my limited understanding.... dun-deal....
Off to spend more money on my Denali. Please don't laugh, this $199 bike has provided me many hours of maintenance / upgrade fun and has moved me swiftly up the learning curve from motorcycles bicycles along with all the info from you folks on this forum.
This is what I have on one of my commuters with 48/38/28 triple and 11-28T 8 speed cassette:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FSRVW52...I29MX5HVQHGGSU I am very pleased with it, and not likely to every again purchase the over priced Shimano RDs.
For a project bike that will have a 52/39 double and a 13-28T 7 speed freewheel; I purchased one of these:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FSRVW52...I29MX5HVQHGGSU I have not built up the project yet.
Either would function fine on you Denali. If you are replacing RD's, it is probably time to replace the chain - I use KMC X8.93 chains for all my 7 & 8 speed bikes (and X9.93 on my 9 speeds). And possibly the freewheel or cassette, depending on which you have. Denali's came with freewheels.