PAP Wonders...Long Cage, B-Screw and Roadlink

Have you ever felt you needed more gears? More lighter, easier gears to climb? Putting a large cassette may be one of the first things that came into your mind (a road triple may offer more range but this is not a possible option because of availability reasons). By large, we mean 32t and bigger. Mountain bike cassettes on road bikes? Why not? It sounds like a good idea. But, can the rear derailleur handle it?

A Road bike rear derailleur. Highlighted is the Cage and the B-Screw.

For this article, we'll explore three ways to mount a large cassette on your road bike. These are a Long Cage rear derailleur, adjusting the B-Screw and adding a Roadlink. Let's start with what sounds most interesting - the Roadlink. This range-increasing revolutionary invention has been around for a few years and chances are, you might have heard about it.