idrisrugby
Old School Hero
Took your advice and fitted this lovely 9 speed wide range 11-42 cassette on the weekend. Gear change is really smooth but it's a bit loose gripping the teeth on the free hub, price you pay I suppose.Nice.
You could just get a wide range 9spd cassette off aliexpress
I run 11-40 8spd on one of my bikes with m750 mech and 8spd shifter, with no other mods works great
Only other issue is I can't change in to top two gears as the derailleur is catching so need an extender to move the hanger away from the derailleur. Got one on order though so fitting today.
Climbed really well out on Sunday morning anyway even with 7 gears.