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Old 04-15-2024, 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by EB View Post

The Shimano 12 speed mountain cassettes have much better climbing gear spreads, but then you have to deal with microspline which means a new freehub driver (and microspline is kinda fiddly tbh).
You aren't kidding about the gear spread. When I went from XT 11-Speed to XT-12 speed it was just the lower gear I noticed but how nice the range is. Before, on some climbs, it was too hard a gear then BLAM! too easy of a gear. Now it always seems just right when I shift.
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