Timeline for Can l add more gears by replacting the cassette on my mountain bike?
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| Sep 12, 2020 at 17:16 | comment | added | MaplePanda | @WeiwenNg With the exception of some older touring style groupsets and really cheap ones, the brakes and shifters are separate units. | |
| Sep 12, 2020 at 9:12 | comment | added | Weiwen Ng | @MaplePanda so the shifters aren’t integrated with the brake levers, then? This is a face palm moment, I forgot about that bit. | |
| Sep 12, 2020 at 4:23 | comment | added | MaplePanda | @WeiwenNg MTB brakes are not groupset-specific. Nothing says you NEED hydro brakes to be on 11 speed. Budget hydro brakes exist (TekTro HD-M275 comes to mind). These are common on entry level MTBs, where they’re arguably more important than having a nicer drivetrain. | |
| Sep 11, 2020 at 23:19 | comment | added | Weiwen Ng | I don’t track MTB stuff, but I’m pretty sure that with an 8s group, the OP shouldn’t have hydraulic brakes. If they are thinking of 11s, then i would bet there aren’t any MTB groups with mechanical disc brakes. If I am right, the OP would also need new brakes to pull this off. I’m not so sure about the situation with 10s. | |
| Sep 9, 2020 at 2:18 | history | answered | Móż | CC BY-SA 4.0 |