Ultegra Medium Cage

Bluenose said:

Hi,

I must confess that I thought you could only get short or long cage
rear derailleurs. Is there such a thing as a Medium Cage? If so will
it work with a triple chain ring with a 11/23 cassette? Would a long
cage be a better bet?

Many thanks in advance

I have never seen Medium Cage Ultegra advertised. Long cage would be a
better bet IMHO. I have used a 105 short cage mech with a 13-24 cassette and
52/39/30 rings, and make sure I reserve the 30 for use with the two or three
largest sprockets only

bluenose-<< must confess that I thought you could only get short or long cage
rear
derailleurs. Is there such a thing as a Medium Cage? If so will it work
with a triple chain ring with a 11/23 cassette? >><BR><BR>

long or short for ultegra. Ideally, use the long one for your setup.

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Bluenose said:

I must confess that I thought you could only get short or long cage rear
derailleurs. Is there such a thing as a Medium Cage? If so will it work

I believe there's only a short and medium cage -- that is, they call
the road-series derailers with larger cages "medium".

Quoted message said:

with a triple chain ring with a 11/23 cassette? Would a long cage be a
better bet?

I'm using a 105 short cage with a 11/27 cassette and 30-42-52 crank.
Chain length is critical to making this work. That said, it works
fine for me.

It does wind up a lot if I cross the 30 with small cogs, but works
okay even then, and that's something I'd avoid either way. I'd say I
have probably five cogs that I can use in the 30 ring without the
chain rubbing the wrong end of the cage (maybe only four). The chain
never goes slack or does anything terrible even in small-small.

The cage ends up nearly parallel to the ground if I cross big-big --
again, works fine, but not a good idea regardless of derailer cage.
--
Rick Onanian

On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 04:34:34 GMT, Bluenose <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Hi,

I must confess that I thought you could only get short or long cage rear
derailleurs. Is there such a thing as a Medium Cage?

'Medium' has become a label due to mountain bike derailleurs. Shimano
has SS (short) and GS (long/'medium'😉 in road models, and GS
(short/'medium'😉 and SGS (long) in mountain models.

Quoted message said:

If so will it work
with a triple chain ring with a 11/23 cassette? Would a long cage be a
better bet?

A road medium (GS) is best. I've tried an SGS Deore (long) on a 12-25
and thought that the sifting was a bit off (and others here have
reported no problems- go figure 🙂 I think this is because the
geometry of the body is designed to work with up to a 34 tooth rear. I
did adjust the angle in back as close as possible, but when I switched
to a GS 105, the shifting improved markedly.