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I’m running 3x9 but realistically use the middle ring 99.9%of the time, normally loaded up with two 25kg four year olds and random snacks, drinks, oh and two early rider bikes too! , I’m using a 11-42 cassette with an old deore xt long cage mech, I do find it pretty “gappy” and would go closer range if I lived somewhere flatter. (I live on the edge of Dartmoor)
I want to upgrade the drivetrain on my cargobike.
I've just ordered a Superstar hub so could go 11 speed if I felt like it. I don't know if I really need to though.
Currently I'm running the 5 largest cogs out of a 7 speed cassette on my Hope trials/ss hub with a thumbshifter in friction mode as I have a long run of really shit gear cable and the indexed setting doesn't really work!
Current mech is like a pretty old medium cage 105 so I think that'll need to go, a clutch mech might be nice but I have got a Paul Comp chainkeeper. Actually though, I have to set it up so that the chain is very nearly rubbing the keeper at one end of the cassette at the moment so fitting a wider cassette is only going to make that worse.
Who all has a 1x drivetrain on their cargobike and what derailleur/size cassette you running?