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hybrid derailulerrs

  • 29-07-2013 3:04pm
    #1
    phobyrne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7 ✭


    Is there a heirarchy for shimano derailleurs for hybrid bikes. From what I see there is a set for mountain bikes and a set for road bikes. My Trek7200 has a Shimano Alivio rear set,It works fine but from what I read this set was more designed fo MTB. Any ideas.


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  • #2
    quozl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,308 ✭✭✭quozl


    Hybrids can use road sets, MTB sets or a mix.

    My Trek 7.5fx came with road shifters/brakes but a rear MTB derailleur.

    There's no road derailleur that'd take the 34 tooth max cassette on the back - though I've heard of high-end road ones fitting 32 teeth or even more with some bodging! So, if they put a 34 cassette on the back, or a 32, it's going to have a MTB derailleur.

    A quick google suggests that you may have a 30 tooth cassette on the back and a few years ago when your bike came out that was strictly the territory of MTB derailleurs.

    You could even consider a 11-34 cassette to be a MTB component - although it's exactly the same as a 11-25 road cassette from the same range, just has more teeth.

    It's a pretty arbitrary distinction to be honest and I doubt having a MTB derailleur is negatively impacting on you but if you swap to a narrower range cassette at the back you could put on a road derailleur if you liked. It'd be a waste of money IMO, but you could ;)

    I replaced my rear 11-34 cassette with a narrower 12-26 cassette as I didn't (mostly) need the easier gears. I kept my MTB derailleur though.


  • #3
    phobyrne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7 ✭phobyrne


    Thanks for that. Actually its working fine and very slick. Its just that Ive read a bit about the different types and it was confusing me a bit. I may decide to move to a road bike as Im planning a 60 mile Sean Kelly challenge in 4 weeks time on the hybrid.Am I mad!!! I doubt Ill have the change made in time for that.


  • #4
    smacl
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 15,812 Mod ✭✭✭✭smacl


    phobyrne wrote: »
    Thanks for that. Actually its working fine and very slick. Its just that Ive read a bit about the different types and it was confusing me a bit. I may decide to move to a road bike as Im planning a 60 mile Sean Kelly challenge in 4 weeks time on the hybrid.Am I mad!!! I doubt Ill have the change made in time for that.

    My Kellys hybrid has a Deore groupset, with some quite low gears. Got me round the Wicklow 200 fine a couple of years back and has seen a fair number of other 150k plus spins. If you have the money to spend, a road bike will be more comfortable for a long spin, and you'll be a bit faster for the same effort, but 60 miles on a hybrid should be no problem.


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