As Joe mentioned, you should just need one spacer (1.85mm) for a 10-speed cassette on an 11-speed hub. Hopefully, that helps your shifting.
--Huston Lexington, KY On Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 2:47:55 PM UTC-4 Joe Bernard wrote: > I don't think the consensus is correct. You should be able to mount a > 10-spd cassette to an11/12 hub with just one of those two spacers and still > lock the cassette down. > > On Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 10:24:20 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > >> Seems like the standard topic... White T11 (11sp) hub and a Shimano 10sp >> cassette. I've got a 1mm spacer (can't recall if it came with the hub or >> cassette), and the adder 1.85mm spacer. Consensus is to use both spacers... >> and my cassette lockring seems to get enough turns of tightening. >> Mechanically it feels solid... >> >> Problem is my (DA 10-sp long cage) rear derailleur spring seems just a >> tad weak and it doesn't readily plop the chain onto the smallest 11t cog. >> It gets there after hesitating a couple pedal revolutions in the workstand. >> I'm flirting with moving one spacer *behind the lockring* instead of behind >> the largest cog, so the entire cassette is more inboard and the 11t isn't >> quite as close to the dropout. The derailleur's parallelogram spring is >> plenty snappy before reaching its outer limit. SACRELIGE? Admittedly the >> lockring wouldn't be acting on much (spacer) surface area (versus gear >> surface area). >> >> For the record, I can easily nudge the derailleur under the smallest cog >> with gentle finger pressure, and it stays there. I've cleaned and lubed the >> rear derailleur pivots and parallelogram spring (but will do so more >> forcefully with spray WD followed by spray lube)... Cables are new Shimano >> teflon coated (and lightly oiled) in new high quality Shimano housings >> (coming from DA barcons with spec housing length up front)... rear cable >> run isn't overly curved at the dropout because I'm using an Avid Rollamajig >> (which I disassembled, cleaned, and relubed, and its locknut is not >> overtightened). >> > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/af6919ad-8780-46ef-ba3e-4db6c2eb218an%40googlegroups.com.
