So today, my Leonardi General Lee cassette adapter arrived from Germany (Seems strange, Italian made item and the only place i could find it was Germany).
The adapter replaces the biggest three rings of a Shimano SLX or XT cassette, i had assumed my cassette was an SLX, however upon taking it off it became apparent it was a Deore, the spec below SLX in Shimano's lineup. Worse, the Deore is a one-piece (well mostly one piece) unit. You cannot replace the three biggest rings.
So, i found an XT cassette at Evans Cycles and got them to price match the excellent Chain Reaction price of £34.99. This is on top of the £100 for the General Lee. I also picked up a new chain, since i was changing everything but the chainring. I checked the chainring, and it's not worn at all, so everything should be good.
Got back home again an hour ago, fitted the General Lee:
No problems putting it on the freewheel, if you have a cassette ring tool and a chain whip to remove the old one of course.
It is considerably bigger than my old 11-34, as i now have 11-42:
However, i'm still not up and running, as the brand new chain is not long enough, i will need to buy another and put in a 4-5" section. Each chain is £22, so another £44 for the total. So in all costs are looking like £175 for this once i get it all finished. I suppose i cant complain about the chain length, you wouldn't normally want a chain to go around a 44t chainring and a 42t sprocket, i just didnt anticipate the problem. I really should have, having had a recumbent trike before which needed three chains to make one.
Updates to follow when i get another chain tomorrow... if i can find one of the exact same type.
The adapter replaces the biggest three rings of a Shimano SLX or XT cassette, i had assumed my cassette was an SLX, however upon taking it off it became apparent it was a Deore, the spec below SLX in Shimano's lineup. Worse, the Deore is a one-piece (well mostly one piece) unit. You cannot replace the three biggest rings.
So, i found an XT cassette at Evans Cycles and got them to price match the excellent Chain Reaction price of £34.99. This is on top of the £100 for the General Lee. I also picked up a new chain, since i was changing everything but the chainring. I checked the chainring, and it's not worn at all, so everything should be good.
Got back home again an hour ago, fitted the General Lee:
No problems putting it on the freewheel, if you have a cassette ring tool and a chain whip to remove the old one of course.
It is considerably bigger than my old 11-34, as i now have 11-42:
However, i'm still not up and running, as the brand new chain is not long enough, i will need to buy another and put in a 4-5" section. Each chain is £22, so another £44 for the total. So in all costs are looking like £175 for this once i get it all finished. I suppose i cant complain about the chain length, you wouldn't normally want a chain to go around a 44t chainring and a 42t sprocket, i just didnt anticipate the problem. I really should have, having had a recumbent trike before which needed three chains to make one.
Updates to follow when i get another chain tomorrow... if i can find one of the exact same type.
