Kogel’s Kolossos derailleur hanger upgrades have made the leap to T-Type, offering a replacement cage with their oversized pulleys spinning on ceramic bearings. They had already introduced replacement pulleys that fit into the stock SRAM T-Type rear derailleurs, but now the T-ransformation is complete…
There are two main things you should know about the new Kogel Kolossos T-Type. First, the cage is angled to mimic SRAM’s “Inline Cage” design that points the lower pulley toward the chainring to reduce noise and friction.
Second, it does not include the clutch mechanism like the stock replacement cages do. So, you’ll have disconnect the stock pulley from the clutch, leaving it inside the derailleur’s P-knucle housing, then twist and bolt the Kolossos on in its place. Kogel includes the tool to remove the 3mm tamper-proof bolt that SRAM uses to dissuade such shenanigans.
This is similar but different to how you install any OSPW on most other cages, but slightly different only because T-Type derailleur cages are meant to twist out of the derailleur for tool-free swaps. Not sure what any of that means? Here’s my original coverage of the Transmission system for a refresher.
The T-Type Kolossos starts shipping in mid-May, is available for order now, and costs $475 standard for black, gold, or raw. For $525, you can get it with your choice of cage, pulley, and hardware colors, mixing and matching from all of their available anodized colors (adds blue, red, purple, etc., to the mix).
Or, for a limited time (and for $550), you can get it in bright green/pink or pink/green Cerakoted combos. I mean, you do you, I’d probably stick with black.
