I use it with an 11-32 cassette (friction shifting) and it works fine. I originally used it with a wolf tooth road link but realised it didn’t need it so now run it without. No problems.
Cheers, Mark Glasgow, Scotland On Tue, 19 Dec 2023 at 12:50, Peter White <peterjwh...@gmail.com> wrote: > You can get it to work with the larger cogs, up to 32 teeth, but when you > do that the shifting on the smaller cogs will suffer, depending on their > size, as the upper pulley will be too far from the cogs. I get excellent > shifting across the entire range with a 30 tooth large cog and 14 tooth > small, but that's the limit, unless you're OK with sluggish shifting at the > small end. The problem is you have to tighten the "B" screw too much in > order to clear the largest cogs, resulting in the upper pulley being too > far from the 11 or 12. I suspect that if I had a 12 tooth small cog it > wouldn't shift well, but I haven't tested that as a 12 tooth small cog > would never get used, at least not by me. ;-) > > On Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 8:36 PM Greg J <gregkj...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I too have used it with a 11-32 and it worked fine. >> >> On Monday, December 18, 2023 at 4:16:04 PM UTC-8 Andy Beichler wrote: >> >>> I am running an 11-32 cassette with a long cage and it indexes fine. >>> >>> On Monday, December 18, 2023 at 6:47:48 PM UTC-5 codyt...@gmail.com >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I have one with an 11-30 cassette and it works well. >>>> >>>> Cody, Chicago >>>> >>>> On Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 5:42 PM dylan green <dylantho...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks Jeremy - I was definitely hoping an 11-32 would be OK. >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 3:35 PM Jeremy Till <jerem...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Generally, with Shimano road derailleurs the short and long cage >>>>>> versions usually had about the same max cog specification, around 27 or >>>>>> 28t. The difference was that the longer cage one had enough capacity that >>>>>> it could handle a triple in front. >>>>>> >>>>>> The general consensus around here is that Shimano derailleur >>>>>> capacity/max cog specifications are usually a little bit on the >>>>>> conservative side, and many have successfully used them with larger rear >>>>>> cogs than those for which they were specified. If it were mine, I'd be >>>>>> tempted to see if it could shift something like an 11-32 cassette. >>>>>> >>>>>> -Jeremy Till >>>>>> Sacramento, CA >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Monday, December 18, 2023 at 3:14:12 PM UTC-8 >>>>>> dylantho...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I have a 6500 series Ultegra RD with a long cage. Anyone know the >>>>>>> range of cassette I should be able to work with? 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