Originally Posted by
zachleft
What set up do you have for cassette and crank? Is your dropout 126mm? I'm looking to buy one of these frames and the stock gearing is kind of limited at 52/42 crank and 13-23 freewheel, but the hub is only 126mm. It looks like you have a solid range of gears there.
Shimano 6400 parts. FC-6400 53/39 crank. Hub is the 126mm freehub 7-speed that accepts both uniglide and hyperglide cassettes (FH-6401 I think). Cassette is a new HG-51 8 speed 11-28, but I'm not using the 11, so it's 13-28. I needed a 1mm cassette spacer as well. Also using 8-speed shifters (SL-6401) to match the spacing on the cassette.
39-28 is tough but manageable on the hills I have around here. The capacity is a bit more than the RD can wrap, the chain might sag a tad in small-small, but I don't ride like that of course.