2 sets of wheels ?

[supercooper88]

Right I have a cyclocross bike and I wanted to change the tyres for some road ones but this weekends blast through Richmond park on the trails have made me think about getting a second set of wheels as this would be easier to just change the wheels to suit what I am doing.

My question is by having two sets of wheels ie road set and the cyclocross set will the cassette on each wheel have to be the same to stop derailleur problems ?

Thanks

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I'm not 100% sure, but common sense would say it would have to be the same number of cogs, though the range could be different.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

the only thing that came immediately to mind was the chain wear and it meshing to the old cassette... it may not like a new cassette.... so you could have chain slippage if you are not careful

 

[Sharky]

Shouldn't be a problem. Shimano and Campag are different, so just keep to the same on both bikes.

Cheers Keith

 

[Brandane]

the only thing that came immediately to mind was the chain wear and it meshing to the old cassette... it may not like a new cassette.... so you could have chain slippage if you are not careful

I had this very problem when I tried what the OP is suggesting. I expect that the only way round that is to make sure you (OP) change the wheels round regularly and make sure that they are getting roughly the same amount of use, to even out the amount of wear on the cassettes. Also, you would need to start off with new cassettes on both wheels, and a new chain, so that they all wear at the same rate.

 

[stephec]

the only thing that came immediately to mind was the chain wear and it meshing to the old cassette... it may not like a new cassette.... so you could have chain slippage if you are not careful

This is the first thing that came into my mind, plus the chain length with different sized largest sprockets.

 

[supercooper88]

I think I will just change the tyres as needed, this seems to be the best option and shouldn't take to long

 

[Pat "5mph"]

I think I will just change the tyres as needed, this seems to be the best option and shouldn't take to long

I have a spare wheel set for one of my bikes, with different tyres.
Each wheel set has its own freewheel (identical) and its own chain.
In my case it was quite cheap, as it's only a 5 speed. One wheel set is for the winter ice tyres.

 

[HLaB]

Ditto the above, although my spare set aren't spiked, just have a cassette on each of the wheel sets and a corresponding chain with KMC quick links and its a relatively fast procedure. Ive also swapped in a wheel to the same chain several times and whilst not ideal if you are changing chain often IME its not a problem and thats an even faster swap.

 

[youngoldbloke]

Wouldn't it be just as quick to swap the cassette between wheelsets?

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Wouldn't it be just as quick to swap the cassette between wheelsets?

No

 

[jayonabike]

Buy another bike

 

[Paul.G.]

Right I have a cyclocross bike and I wanted to change the tyres for some road ones but this weekends blast through Richmond park on the trails have made me think about getting a second set of wheels as this would be easier to just change the wheels to suit what I am doing.

My question is by having two sets of wheels ie road set and the cyclocross set will the cassette on each wheel have to be the same to stop derailleur problems ?

Thanks

Been doing this for years with my cross bike, one set with marathon plus racing for summer/longer rides on road and one set with full CX tyres for winter and general off road. Both wheels have same size gearing and never had an issue with excessive chain wear caused by changing over. Only adjustment I have to make is to slightly move the brake block position as one wheel set has deeper braking surfaces. Once you've made the initial outlay for the wheels you've effectively got two bikes.