Sram Red 22 gear extending help

[MelbourneWoody]

Hi all, seeking some guidance to see what people think the best option will be.

I've recently put a Sram Red 22 groupset on a bike which came with a 52/36 crank and 11/28 rear cassette. I've got a couple 5500+meter rides planned in the new year. With my skinny legs, I'm looking for me best option to give some extra gearing for the hills.

I can get a set of Praxis Buzz chain rings 48/32 for the front crankset at around $200 AUD, but wondered if this was the best option. I can see some people use a wolf tooth rear derailleur extender that will allow a larger cassette 11/32.

When I start looking at gearing ratio's, my head spins a little so any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[Master Bean]

Do you have the short cage derailleur or the wifli?

[MelbourneWoody]

short cage which I think limits me to a 28 rear as is. That's why I thought the hanger extender would be needed to allow the larger cassette

[Chrispee]

If you don't need it regularly I'd get a rival or force mid length cage rear mech and 11-32 or 11-34 cassette and swap them for you big climbing trip. I would do this every year for my summer trip to the Alps then swap back to short cage when i got home. only took about 20 minutes.

You'll barely give up any weight and it will give you useful extra ratios with a nice wide range. I would swap to 50-34 chainrings from 52-36 but really getting cassette range was the biggest gain.

[wpa1975]

Just run a mech extender with you existing rear mech, much easier plus you could run an 11/32 cassette.

SJS cycles sell a Sunrace one for £10, I ran one for a while with no issues.

[MelbourneWoody]

wpa1975 said:

Just run a mech extender with you existing rear mech, much easier plus you could run an 11/32 cassette.

SJS cycles sell a Sunrace one for £10, I ran one for a while with no issues.

This is what I'm thinking. Did you find that you had to do much fine tuning to the gearing to get everything to align correctly?

[wpa1975]

MelbourneWoody said:

wpa1975 said:

Just run a mech extender with you existing rear mech, much easier plus you could run an 11/32 cassette.

SJS cycles sell a Sunrace one for £10, I ran one for a while with no issues.

This is what I'm thinking. Did you find that you had to do much fine tuning to the gearing to get everything to align correctly?

None at all, dead easy to fit and no issues.

https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/gear-spares/sunrace-re...