Possible cassette change on a Cannondale Trail 7

Wellby

Wellby

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I know its not a high dollar bike, but it serves my purpose which is to strengthen my legs for hill climbing. I seem to do more road biking than mountain biking since deciding to do another Ironman. I've wanted to attack some tougher hills though, but just don't have the gearing to do so. I wanted to change the rear cassette.Currently it had a 9 speed SunRace 11-36 cassette with a Shimano Altus derailer. It's a 2X set up with 22/36 chain rings. I was looking at this cassette and wondering if it would work:
SunRace | CSM993
I was interested in the 11-50
Does anyone have experience with this?
Thank you in advance,
Mark
 
Wellby said:
I know its not a high dollar bike, but it serves my purpose which is to strengthen my legs for hill climbing. I seem to do more road biking than mountain biking since deciding to do another Ironman. I've wanted to attack some tougher hills though, but just don't have the gearing to do so. I wanted to change the rear cassette.Currently it had a 9 speed SunRace 11-36 cassette with a Shimano Altus derailer. It's a 2X set up with 22/36 chain rings. I was looking at this cassette and wondering if it would work:
SunRace | CSM993
I was interested in the 11-50
Does anyone have experience with this?
Thank you in advance,
Mark
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Realistically, if you want to get stronger climbing hills take the average 50/34 x 11-32 (or even 11-28) road bike up GMR / GRR /Mt Baldy Village. And back. Roughly 42 miles and 5,200 feet.
 
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I'm going to guess that the 9 speed derailleur wouldn't handle a larger cog, but...

Your present low gear of 22/36 is only 17.62 gear inches. It's an easier gear than what a lot of the modern bikes ship with... 32/50, for example, is 18.5 gear inches.

My single speed, as a guide, is presently running 46.22 gear inches, and I get up a lot of hills... :p
 
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