Megarange Question

Dave Jackson said:

Has anyone here had any dealings with the Shimano Megarange rder and Freewheel?

I have used Megarange 7-speed 11-34 cassettes on my MTB, but no freewheels. They've been good to me.

AFAIK, there's no Megarange-specific rder, just any rder with enough capacity. I had an Altus that
broke while I was torquing up a slightly rough, long, medium grade. IIRC, the cage broke between the
two idlers. I replaced it with an XT, which shifted much nicer and hasn't broken.

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I am wondering if they are any good or just stamped out stuff.

Seem fine to me.

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Thanks,

Dave

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Originally posted by Rick Onanian

BOn Fri said:

Has anyone here had any dealings with the Shimano Megarange rder and Freewheel?

I have used Megarange 7-speed 11-34 cassettes on my MTB, but no freewheels. They've been good to me.

AFAIK, there's no Megarange-specific rder, just any rder with enough capacity. I had an Altus that
broke while I was torquing up a slightly rough, long, medium grade. IIRC, the cage broke between the
two idlers. I replaced it with an XT, which shifted much nicer and hasn't broken.

Quoted message said:

I am wondering if they are any good or just stamped out stuff.

Seem fine to me.

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Thanks,

Dave

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Shimano’s freewheels are as good as any being made these days.

Shimano makes about 4-5 freewheels in 6 and 7 speed Megarange freewheels. The 11-34 (which is also their broadest Megarange) has a new improved freewheel given kudos by Harris Cyclery over the others due an improved body and bearings.

I’m upgrading an electric this winter to the 11/34 freewheel.

Dave Jackson said:

Has anyone here had any dealings with the Shimano Megarange rder and Freewheel?

I am wondering if they are any good or just stamped out stuff.

I believe most if not all Shimano MTB rders are Megarange but only the cheapest ones made from
stamped sheet metal have the MegaRange written in big letters.

GH

Dave Jackson may have said:

Has anyone here had any dealings with the Shimano Megarange rder and Freewheel?

I am wondering if they are any good or just stamped out stuff.

If I am not mistaken, Shimano used the Megarange designator to identify the fact that a given rder
could handle big sprocket ranges like 12-32, 11-32, and 11-34; it wasn't specifically a der itself,
it was a characteristic of a bunch of them. Some of the cheaper, low-end ders had the "Megarange"
label on the der itself; the upper-end ones just had the model name. The higher-end stuff is now
referred to as "Mega-9" to indicate that it's not only Megarange, but 9-speed capable as well. On
the cassettes and freewheels, no, the "Megarange" label does not mean "cheap [censored]" although it may
mean "stamped" since as far as I know all of the Shimano rear sprockets are stampings. I can't see
any reason to do it any other way.

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Dave Jackson may have said:

Has anyone here had any dealings with the Shimano Megarange rder and Freewheel?

I am wondering if they are any good or just stamped out stuff.

If I am not mistaken, Shimano used the Megarange designator to identify the fact that a given rder
could handle big sprocket ranges like 12-32, 11-32, and 11-34; it wasn't specifically a der
itself, it was a characteristic of a bunch of them. Some of the cheaper, low-end ders had the
"Megarange" label on the der itself; the upper-end ones just had the model name. The higher-end
stuff is now referred to as "Mega-9" to indicate that it's not only Megarange, but 9-speed capable
as well. On the cassettes and freewheels, no, the "Megarange" label does not mean "cheap [censored]"
although it may mean "stamped" since as far as I know all of the Shimano rear sprockets are
stampings. I can't see any reason to do it any other way.

I can get about 2000 miles out of a shimano freewheel they break at the pawls.A cheap hyperglide
cogset lasts about 4000 miles. I have not broken a freehub pawl yet.Of course your mileage may vary.