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[Closed] Sram eagle chain on a 12 speed shimano cassette?

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Hi, tried googling but can't find any definitive answers. Anyone successfully using a sram eagle xx1 chain on the new shimano 12 speed cassettes?

 
Posted : 26/05/2020 11:52 am
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You could, but you lose the benefits of shimano's fancy new cassette/chain - shifting under load, etc.

 
Posted : 26/05/2020 11:55 am
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My wolftooth stainless front ring isn't compatible with the new shimano 12 speed chains. Any other potential problems apart from losing the shifting under load?

 
Posted : 26/05/2020 12:17 pm
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In practice it might work, however the roller diameters are apparently different. Mixing chains and cassettes Will result in accelerated wear.

 
Posted : 26/05/2020 5:05 pm
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Works absolutely fine, shifts with no issues and although it’s not quite as quick a shift you can still successfully do so under heavy load. I think that most of the benefits of hyperglide 11 are in the cassette shaping which works better with the Shimano chain but is still better than a Sram I cassette with a Sram chain.
(Have gone from full XTR to XTR cassette with AXS mech/shifter and SRAM chain/chainring.)

 
Posted : 26/05/2020 6:48 pm

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