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I bought a good while ago a 42t One Up Componants sprocket.
The sprocket came with a 16T sprocket and the instructions for fitting on there site are nice and easy.
I remember reading that early adopters ditched the supplied 16T sprocket and sourced a genuine Shimano one - Do I [u]need[/u] to do this?
Secondly- I've read of later adopters ditching the first (smallest) sprocket, not fitting the 16t sprocket and instead using a larger locking.
I appreciate the latter would loose some high end gearing but I'm not so sure thats a deal breaker.
Any thoughts?
User suggestions?
I've been using the one up 16t in my setup for ages. No problems at all works perfectly.
I am using the one-up 16t and have no complaints. Note I am also using the RAD cage on my Shimano bike though not on the SRAM one.
Losing the smallest sprocket reduces range and removes the whole point of having the 42t unless your problem was that you couldn't get a small enough chain ring.
I've been using the One-up 16T and it doesn't shift as well - when coming up the block I need to overshift sometimes and then shift back (sometimes I can edge the derailleur over slightly with the shifter without accessing the next click). No experience with using a shimano 16T in its place.
It might be an annoyance to some, I can live with it.
Interested by option 2, to lose the 11T; a 29er on 32:11 spins out at 30+ mph at 120rpm. If I hit that speed it's not worrying about running out of gears, it's panicking about crashing that's my concern. I could live with 32:12 as a top just as happily.