eagamer80
Active Member
Hi,
As I posted before when I upgraded the chainring and the bottom bracket, I was gonna do a post about my upgrade of the rear derailleur and the change of my old cassette and chain.
For the upgrades I selected the following components:
- For the rear derailleur, I chose a Shimano XT M786 Shadow+ 10, mainly due to the fact it has a chain tension lever which it comes very handy, specially when you pedal at high speeds downhill and you hit a bump on the road and the chain simply flies away. I try to minimize the chain jump as much as possible. But even after this upgrade, I sometimes drop the chain anyway (I have to say, when I hit something really bad or pedalling fast and changing gears at the same time). Frankly I do not notice a huge difference. My Turbo FLR came a Deore XT without that lever, but for the money the new one cost (around 50 dollars), I decided to take the risk, and in fact the new one work pretty well too.
- For the casette I chose a Shimano XT M771 10sp, which it came in a bundle with a Shimano chain. I think is always good to have a spare chain at home.
Say no more, let's get hands on: the bike ready for the upgrade
The rear wheel with the old casette dismounted (that was pretty easy to do with a small casette lockring like this one)
The new casette in place
The new rear derailleur mounted (mounting the derailleur was pretty easy too, just read Shimano manual to avoid rookie mistakes):
And finally the whole upgrade done
I don't think that doing all this took more than 45 minutes, was pretty easy and a rewarding thing to do (and I saved some money too =). And as a bonus, I learned how to do a better maintenance to the rear wheel myself (for example, if deep clean is needed).
The part that took me most time was setting the chain back. I hate chains. But who doesn't. If you buy a new chain, make sure that has the proper amount of links. 116 I think is the correct number for my bike. I bought a chain with 136 links and I had to cut the chain with a chain tool and size it back. Check in ParkTool about sizing a chain if you need more info.
I followed this video to adjust the rear derailleur, which I think is the best guide in the whole internet you could find if you ever have trouble.
As I posted before when I upgraded the chainring and the bottom bracket, I was gonna do a post about my upgrade of the rear derailleur and the change of my old cassette and chain.
For the upgrades I selected the following components:
- For the rear derailleur, I chose a Shimano XT M786 Shadow+ 10, mainly due to the fact it has a chain tension lever which it comes very handy, specially when you pedal at high speeds downhill and you hit a bump on the road and the chain simply flies away. I try to minimize the chain jump as much as possible. But even after this upgrade, I sometimes drop the chain anyway (I have to say, when I hit something really bad or pedalling fast and changing gears at the same time). Frankly I do not notice a huge difference. My Turbo FLR came a Deore XT without that lever, but for the money the new one cost (around 50 dollars), I decided to take the risk, and in fact the new one work pretty well too.
- For the casette I chose a Shimano XT M771 10sp, which it came in a bundle with a Shimano chain. I think is always good to have a spare chain at home.
Say no more, let's get hands on: the bike ready for the upgrade
The rear wheel with the old casette dismounted (that was pretty easy to do with a small casette lockring like this one)
The new casette in place
The new rear derailleur mounted (mounting the derailleur was pretty easy too, just read Shimano manual to avoid rookie mistakes):
And finally the whole upgrade done
I don't think that doing all this took more than 45 minutes, was pretty easy and a rewarding thing to do (and I saved some money too =). And as a bonus, I learned how to do a better maintenance to the rear wheel myself (for example, if deep clean is needed).
The part that took me most time was setting the chain back. I hate chains. But who doesn't. If you buy a new chain, make sure that has the proper amount of links. 116 I think is the correct number for my bike. I bought a chain with 136 links and I had to cut the chain with a chain tool and size it back. Check in ParkTool about sizing a chain if you need more info.
I followed this video to adjust the rear derailleur, which I think is the best guide in the whole internet you could find if you ever have trouble.
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