microSHIFT G11 Cassette Anyone?

[sfo1]

Anyone try the microSHIFT 11-speed cassette with their GRX812 derailleur?

I am looking at the 11-46 as I like their jumps better than the XT 11-46. I know the GRX812 derailleur will handle the 46T but could also easily add a Goatlink to get better shifting.

Anyone?

[Duvivr6]

I have not but would love to try it. I have a 11-42 that work well but need a few extra gears for climbing.

[coelacant]

Look for a Youtube vid on this.

[sfo1]

Originally Posted by coelacant

Look for a Youtube vid on this.

I looked - didn't see anything as it relates to GRX and or 11/46. Tons of links for their group set.

Do you have a link?

[rice rocket]

What's your expected gravel/road split on this bike?

Assuming you're running 1x given the derailleur choice, the Shimano 11-46 makes more sense IMO for most 1x setups, the "bailout gear" arrangement allows for a 30-40% reduction in relative jumps in the gears where you'd be most cadence-sensitive, rather than spreading wide jumps across the entire cassette.

I went through this exercise a few months ago. Speeds 15-20 mph are highlighted in yellow.

[coelacant]

Originally Posted by sfo1

I looked - didn't see anything as it relates to GRX and or 11/46. Tons of links for their group set.

Do you have a link?

Did you type in the search box what you want?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71PgvwolgEE

[rothwem]

Ugh, 503 grams. I want to like it, but its damn heavy. The SRAM XG-1175 is a full 175 grams lighter and has more range, so that's what I've been stuck on for the last 5 years or so on a couple different bikes. You've got to use an XD driver instead of an HG one, but I don't really think that's much of an issue.

[sfo1]

I have an 11-42 and would like one or two more bail-out gears. Its all about steeps vs road on this bike. An 11-42 goes 37-42 and the 11-46 goes 37-46.

Seems like 37-46 could use another cog in the middle?

Thanks

Originally Posted by rice rocket

What's your expected gravel/road split on this bike?

Assuming you're running 1x given the derailleur choice, the Shimano 11-46 makes more sense IMO for most 1x setups, the "bailout gear" arrangement allows for a 30-40% reduction in relative jumps in the gears where you'd be most cadence-sensitive, rather than spreading wide jumps across the entire cassette.

I went through this exercise a few months ago. Speeds 15-20 mph are highlighted in yellow.

[EB]

There's also the 11-50 Garbaruk cassette:

https://www.garbaruk.com/11-speed-ca...d-freehub.html

which you can pair with this nifty Garbaruk cage:

https://www.garbaruk.com/rear-derail...-11-speed.html

[rice rocket]

Originally Posted by sfo1

Seems like 37-46 could use another cog in the middle?

Thanks

The tradeoff is larger jumps everywhere else. Unless you want to redesign your whole setup around 12 or 13 speeds, your number of speeds is fixed at 11, you can't have your cake and eat it too.

[DeBike]

Originally Posted by rice rocket

The tradeoff is larger jumps everywhere else. Unless you want to redesign your whole setup around 12 or 13 speeds, your number of speeds is fixed at 11, you can't have your cake and eat it too.

I did a 1X with 12 speed, 11-34 hg cassette and 44t front. If I could lose the 14t cog, replace it with a 40t bailout gear, that would make about the perfect 1X gearing for the flat, windy area I live in. It would give 27 to30, 30 to 34, then 34 to 40 bailout gear, all other gaps are 2 tooth. However, I have an 11 speed 11-40 that works fine for me. The one extra gear in the 12 would make quite a difference in the lower mid-range gears. Cannot get a 12 speed 11-40 or 42

[sfo1]

I just ordered the 11-46 XT cassette. If I am going from an 11-42 to 11-46, is that one or two additional links in the chain? I was also thinking about a Goatlink as when in the 42 the chain line is really crossed (1x). Maybe the Goatlink could help with that geometry?

Originally Posted by rice rocket

The tradeoff is larger jumps everywhere else. Unless you want to redesign your whole setup around 12 or 13 speeds, your number of speeds is fixed at 11, you can't have your cake and eat it too.

[mattscq]

Assuming the cog spacing is the same (and why would it not be?) and the lower and upper gears are of the same tooth size, why would it matter what the middle cogs were? Wouldn't shifting performance be down to the ramps/teeth design of the cogs and just all round production quality?

[sfo1]

I put an XT 11-46 on with a new chain. Adjust the b-screw. Works like a charm and better than before.

My old set up w/the 11-42 cassette had too few links in the chain. On the new chain, I am didn't even cut it and am running all 116 links. No slap...the clutch helps that.

[DeBike]

Originally Posted by mattscq

Assuming the cog spacing is the same (and why would it not be?) and the lower and upper gears are of the same tooth size, why would it matter what the middle cogs were? Wouldn't shifting performance be down to the ramps/teeth design of the cogs and just all round production quality?

It’s not the sifting performance in question, it’s the tooth count gap. If there is a larger gap going to the bailout gear, it can make the gap in the mid cogs smaller. In a 1x system, that does make a difference, basically another middle gear.