Best cassette for a compact double (hill climber)

[Globalti]

Blimey! That Enigma has the same gearing as my Global mountain bike! You can sit and spin your way smoothly up any hill at all pretending you're Bradley Wiggins.

 

[Paul Palombo]

Grateful for all the comments guys, many thanks - probably go for 12 -32 as offers best hill climb/flat combo for me

 

[Andrew Br]

^^^^^^ Fantastic stuff Andrew Br! I had seen a mention of the Shiftmate a while back but just thought it to be a gimmick. To see one on a working bike of immaculate cleanliness was a joy.
Thank you.

In my defence, I'd just come back from a very muddy ride. No shoot really Sherlock ?
That is the picture that best shows the Shiftmate and yes, it was still working perfectly.

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[Andrew Br]

You can sit and spin your way smoothly up any hill at all pretending you're Bradley Wiggins.

The cadence might be the same, the speed certainly wouldn't.

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[HLaB]

A 32 would be too low for me and this terrain, FWIW I run a 11-28 on a semi compact 38/52 and like that extra gear for powering down a descent but thats about the only place you'll use the 11t. I used a 13-29 (campag) on a 30/34 last year for the alps (the marmotte) and whilst fine going uphill I would have liked that extra gear or two coming down.

 

[rb58]

I love these "mongrel" gear set-ups! Tell me more.

My audax bike (Thorn Mk3) has Tiagra brifters mated to XT mechs, with a 48/36/26 Deore triple. Works perfectly out of the box.