Your chain is far too short for this setup. You should be able to add a few links or get a new longer chain with no trouble in the 11t. Sheldon's sizing method has never steered me wrong: https://www.sheldonbrown.com/derailer-adjustment.html#chain
On Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 7:26:47 AM UTC-5, William R. wrote: > > Hi all. I've been enjoying my Joe as a 1x9 with a 38t Race Face narrow > wide chainring and a 11-34t cassette. No problems except I could use a > little bail out on the toughest climbs around here. So I bought a SunRace > 11-40t 9 speed cassette. Should do the trick. But what needs to change to > make this work? See photos: first is in the 11, second is a gentle attempt > to put it up onto the 40t. No go. I'm thinking: easy, just add a couple of > links to the chain. Is it as simple as that though? Will adding a couple > links mess with the performance of the 11t cog? Are there other things I > need to consider? Derailleur is original Deore long cage that came on it > from Riv. Thanks for any advice this great group can provide. > > Bill in Westchester, NY > > [image: IMG_1049.jpeg] > > [image: IMG_1050.jpeg] > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
