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XO long cage vs. short

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Treybiker

Discussion Starter · Jul 22, 2004

I can't find any specs on the long vs. short cage on Sram's site as far as how many teeth the short cage will handel. Being here in Houston where it's flat as a pancake, I was considering going with a short cage der since it'll shift a little quicker, and have a little better clearance. I plan on getting the XO group but didn't know if it was available with the short cage or not.

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Jag

· #2 · Jul 22, 2004

I use a short cage X.O. and my set up is....

Treybiker said:
I can't find any specs on the long vs. short cage on Sram's site as far as how many teeth the short cage will handel. Being here in Houston where it's flat as a pancake, I was considering going with a short cage der since it'll shift a little quicker, and have a little better clearance. I plan on getting the XO group but didn't know if it was available with the short cage or not.

an 11-32 XT cassette with 44 32 22 (compact) rings up front. Shifting is smooth as butter with no chain suck or capacity issues going to the extreme cogs. If you run a 34 tooth cassette I would go with the long version....

Jag

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1speed_Mike

· #3 · Jul 27, 2004

Jag said:
an 11-32 XT cassette with 44 32 22 (compact) rings up front. Shifting is smooth as butter with no chain suck or capacity issues going to the extreme cogs. If you run a 34 tooth cassette I would go with the long version....

Jag

Exactly! I'm running a FSA Carbon Pro Team crankset with 44/32/22 rings, a SRAM PG990 11-32 cassette, a SRAM X.0 med-cage rear derailleur and SRAM X.0 twisters on my RacerX and the shifting is fast, solid and precise.

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Cyco-Dude

· #4 · Jul 29, 2004

Treybiker said:
I can't find any specs on the long vs. short cage on Sram's site as far as how many teeth the short cage will handel. Being here in Houston where it's flat as a pancake, I was considering going with a short cage der since it'll shift a little quicker, and have a little better clearance. I plan on getting the XO group but didn't know if it was available with the short cage or not.

im pretty sure the only sizes are medium or large. medium has a capacity of 37t, large has a capacity of 45t. it was listed in the dealer tech docs.

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Treybiker

Discussion Starter · #5 · Jul 29, 2004

Yeah, that's what I meant. I ordered the "medium" cage today.

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