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If you’ve ever tried to purchase a derailleur, one question that might come up…”what size cage?”

Here’s a brief explanation that you could refer to:

Short Cage: Used for cassettes with 11-30T
Medium Cage: Used for cassettes with 11-32T
Long Cage: Used for cassettes with 11-34T

In the event you didn’t know what the “T” stood for, that means teeth. For example the 11 would be your smallest gear and the 34 would be your biggest gear in the back.

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Forgive the dark photos, I would have waited until tomorrow to take them, but I couldn’t wait to share the progress of the Sette Venom.

Here’s the spec sheet so far:

Sette Stumpy stem
Azonic DH riser bar
Ultegra 12-27t rear cassette
Blackspire 38t DH chain ring
MRP Chainguide
Marzochhi Bomber 66 Light with ETA Fork
Shimano LX rear derailleur
Serfas ARC-3 ARC Saddle
Alex wheels with front WOOdman 20mm hub, rear hub is a Shimano Deore (don’t ask me the model-I forgot)
Rear tire: Kenda Telonix 2.2
Front tire: Kenda Nevegal 2.5

There’s more to be done with the bike. I still need to run a chain, derailleur cable and brakes. After that, its time to start testing!

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A few of us headed to Fontana last weekend to do some DH practice runs. We met Donny and Tom as we were walking our bikes to the top and the interim course was already laid out. Anyhow, it looks like some of us are a little rusty:

Mike Stoner looking for worms

Ian smelling the flowers

Wes testing the Sette Armor

Some of us also tried the 4X track, Wes, Ian and JD were launching off the jumps:

I was really hung over so I didn’t ride much, that was one of the reasons I didn’t sample the soil as the others did.

If Donny stays with the planned course, it should be a fun challenging one for beginners, I will head out on the 10th and check the final course.

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