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Okay …. Bare with me on this as I’m working with what I have.
I currently have a 1x11 Apex set up on my Camino with an 11-42 XT cassette.
I predominantly use the bike on the road and only use maybe 5 of the sprockets on the cassette.
I’d like to go for a closer ratio cassette but my freehub won’t take an 11 speed road cassette and swapping it (Shimano) whilst not impossible is more faff than I want ☺️
Soooooooo
The SRAM kit I have, inc a short cage rear mech, is branded “exact actuation”. I understand this is the same as old “1:1”.
In theory this means I should be able to use a 10 speed cassette and tune out the extra gear click at the mech.
Will this work in reality or should I prep for Robins being injured?
If it’ll work is it best to tune out the additional click at the top or bottom of the cassette?
Could you put a bigger chainring on the front which would move you up the cassette a bit and give you more top end speed? Or is it more of a cadence thing?
I’m currently running a 44t on the front.
I’ve been working on being more consistent cadence wise so that’s the driver.
Then ignore me completely.
I thought a Shimano CS-HG700 11-speed cassette 11-34T while nominally a road cassette was actually an MTB cassette with a spacer to run on road freehubs.
I’d check that out.
PS - from Shimano’s website “Compatible with GS cage rear derailleurs, the HG700-11 cassette offers low climbing gears perfect for mixed surface riding. It is compatible with both 10 and 11-speed freehubs.”
If it fits a 10-spd road freehub, it fits your MTB 11spd.
https://bike.shimano.com/en-EU/product/component/shimano105-r7000/CS-HG700-11.html
@igm - I had looked at that but the consensus seems to then be that the APex mech is then not ideal and 2 too many teeth for my short cage Rival mech 😩
I know you’ve looked at this before, but I bet it’d work.
Apex is a standard road mech and the cassette spacing on the HG700-11 is exactly what it expects I think.