Mountain Bike Rider — March 2018

18 mbrMARCH 2018

WHAT WE’RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS MONTH

HOT STUFF

MOST

WANTED

If you’re after the widest spread of gears

on the market, look no further than the new

E-13 TRS Race cassette, boasting a 511 per

cent gear range, wider even than SRAM’s

12-speed Eagle. E-13 has built this vast range

intoacassettewithjust11cogstoo,which

opens up its upgrade potential to a wider

market—Shimanofanswantingagreater

gear range, or SRAM users on 11-speed

set-ups looking to get an Eagle-equivalent

spread without paying for a whole new

drivetrain. The one fly in the ointment

though is that the cassette requires an XD

driver,duetoatinynine-toothsprocket,

so you’ll need to factor that cost in.

TheTRSRacecassetterangegoesfrom

9tthroughtoalow46t,meaningitdoesn’t

have the low-end bail-out of SRAM’s Eagle

so you’ll probably need to go down a ring

sizeonthefronttoo.Thethreelargestcogs

are made from aluminium but the following

eight are machined from steel.

We’vereviewedtheE-13TRScassette

before,whenitwaslimitedtoa42tsprocket,

anditperformedwell.Wecan’tcommentyet

onthenewRaceversionhereyet,butexpect

a full review in due course.silverfi sh-uk.com

E-13 TRS RACE CASSETTE £299.

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