One job that many cyclists neglect but is a great skill to learn is cleaning a cassette.
Keeping a clean cassette comes with a lot of benefits, and it doesn’t take long to do. Although it might look challenging when you know what you’re doing, it’s a very simple and easy process.
Any bike ride can be ruined pretty quickly if your bike doesn’t work properly, and one of the most annoying problems is your gears slipping.
Not only does it not feel awful, but gears slipping on bicycles can also be pretty dangerous if you are putting a lot of power down. It’s not an efficient way to ride a bike and can play havoc on your components.
A bike cassette is the cluster of sprockets on the rear wheel — modern road cassettes have 11-12 cogs (typical range 11-30 or 11-34 teeth); MTB cassettes have 11-12 cogs with much wider range (10-50 or 10-52t). Bigger biggest-cog = easier climbing; smaller smallest-cog = higher top-end speed. Below, we cover cassette types and gearing … Read more