Not that I've done Kona, but a 48/28 should get you up Hawi easily, but you will lose considerable time on the descent with 48/11 as your biggest gear as you'll spin out very quickly.
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Re: Cheapest way to upgrade to Etap [oscaro]
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Re: Cheapest way to upgrade to Etap [oscaro]
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I run a 29T Campy cassette on my short cage and while it isn't recommended you could probably get away with a 30 in a pinch. Absolute Black also makes an adapter that will drop the the derailleur a bit and allow bigger rear cassettes.
Re: Cheapest way to upgrade to Etap [oscaro]
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Re: Cheapest way to upgrade to Etap [jrielley]
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Yeah I guess that’s true, i think I’ll go for the wifli and run 11-32 and then 50 upfront. Long cage looks a bit cooler as well tbh
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Re: Cheapest way to upgrade to Etap [oscaro]
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Will do!
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burnthesheep wrote:
bm wrote:
ttusomeone wrote:
oscaro wrote:
Also my current wheelset is for 10 speed, so I would of course either need to add a spacer or get some new wheels.Unless I'm missing something, you can't add a spacer to a 10 speed freehub and make it compatible with 11 speed - it only works the other way around. So you'll either need to buy a new rear wheel (at a minimum), or check to see if your freehub is replacable and can be swapped for a 11 speed (this would be the cheapest option if your wheelset supports it).
I believe some 10-speed era wheels (Mavic in particular) can accept an 11-speed cassette without any modification. I could be wrong on that but if the OP has Mavic wheels it's worth checking before buying a new wheelset.
When I researched this for some Giant 10-speed wheels I bought, it seemed there was a model/year split for most wheel companies around 2014/2015. If the company made both 10 speed and 11 speed wheels in the transition year, then this would be true for the wheel. No modification.
But, if it is the year prior, you still have to swap out the hub/cassette piece on the wheel for the 11 speed version.
Shimano has an 11x34 11sp cassette that's supposed to fit on 10sp wheels. I do not know if it would interfere with a wheel cover.