SRAM rival

[speeddemon]

Hi all I’m building my own bike and I’m fitting sram rival 10 speed . What cassette should I use . It’s a road bike

 

[Jenkins]

Is the rear derailleur short cage or medium cage? With the short cage you can fit any 10 speed SRAM/Shimano compatible cassette with a largest cog of 28 teeth (such as a 11-28) while with the medium cage you can go up to 32 teeth on the largest cog.

 

[Ajax Bay]

As @Jenkins any SRAM/Shimano 10sp cassette which on a 8-10sp freehub will need the 1mm spacer the cassette should come with. If your freehub is 11sp, you'll need an additional 1.8mm spacer, before sliding the cassette on (both).

 

[cyberknight]

also if budget is a consideration check microshift cassettes or rebranded ones sold by decathlon .

 

[Jameshow]

also if budget is a consideration check microshift cassettes or rebranded ones sold by decathlon .

Also sunrace....

 

[speeddemon]

Is the rear derailleur short cage or medium cage? With the short cage you can fit any 10 speed SRAM/Shimano compatible cassette with a largest cog of 28 teeth (such as a 11-28) while with the medium cage you can go up to 32 teeth on the largest cog.

Hi it’s a long cage one

 

[speeddemon]

Is the rear derailleur short cage or medium cage? With the short cage you can fit any 10 speed SRAM/Shimano compatible cassette with a largest cog of 28 teeth (such as a 11-28) while with the medium cage you can go up to 32 teeth on the largest cog.

It’s a sram 10 speed x5

 

[Jenkins]

Hi it’s a long cage one

It’s a sram 10 speed x5

In that case you will be able to go up to a 34 tooth biggest sprocket on the rear cassette and may even get away with a 36 tooth one as that's an MTB rear derailleur and, as it's Exact Actuation, will work with SRAM Rival (and Apex) 10 speed road shifters as well.

 

[Psamathe]

Hi all I’m building my own bike and I’m fitting sram rival 10 speed . What cassette should I use . It’s a road bike

Does it depend on the bike and what it's to be used for? Carbon fibre to use on club training rides never dropping below 20 mph in flatlandia or heavy steel for laden touring in the Highlands?

Ian

 

[speeddemon]

In that case you will be able to go up to a 34 tooth biggest sprocket on the rear cassette and may even get away with a 36 tooth one as that's an MTB rear derailleur and, as it's Exact Actuation, will work with SRAM Rival (and Apex) 10 speed road shifters as well.

Right ok that’s good news so what would you suggest ? Where I live it’s quite hilly so what would be better ?

 

[Jameshow]

Right ok that’s good news so what would you suggest ? Where I live it’s quite hilly so what would be better ?

Go for a 36t then?

 

[Hacienda71]

SRAM rival 10 speed road bike gearing as said previously has a max capacity as of 32 t cassette with a medium cage rear mech known as wifli. An X5 rear derailleur is a mountain bike standard and so you will need to check if it has the same pull ratio as a SRAM rival shifter and is compatible. I run rival 10 speed on my bike and with a short cage rear mech have a max cassette capacity of 28 tooth.

 

[speeddemon]

Go for a 36t then?

Right ok think that’s the best thanks for your knowledge and help very much appreciated

 

[Ajax Bay]

I would not choose a cassette with a larger sprocket than 34t (road bike - is this a 1x or compact chainset?). I shall guess that @Jameshow has not done this himself.
@Jenkins said: "may even get away with a 36 tooth one". "May" and "get away with".
@speeddemon you are building this bike up: what's the length of your current lowest gear (ring teeth x 27" / largest sprocket teeth)? Is that enough to get up the hills in your "quite hilly" region?

 

[speeddemon]

Hi it’s a 53 39 chain ring on the crank x2 . Think the lower would be ok it is hilly but not a huge gradient , so what cassette you you advise me to use