Shimano Style Cassette - Good, Bad or Ugly?

[tennisbum_132]

Howdy all,

I am currently looking for and would highly value any feedback regarding:

1) The lightest Shimano style cassette assembly, whether retro or current production.
2) The most aesthetically pleasing Shimano style cassette assembly, whether retro or current production. (Opinions are to each their own, everyone be nice!)
3) The highest overall quality Shimano style cassette assembly, whether retro or current production.

I look forward to hearing from anyone willing to spend a few moments posting their thoughts on these points and thank you for your time!

All the Best

 

[hirosawa]

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Can you narrow it down? Like, are you going to use it? What speed and ratio do you need? Because if you need 7 speed, you can't buy anything light, aesthetically pleasing or good quality anymore. It would have to be something discontinued.

Overall, lightest I've seen are Ceradure, Spin and Recon. They are all exotic road cassettes that cost a fortune and last about 2 seconds. Lightest from a big manufacturer is probably SRAM Red.

Lightest MTB ones I can think of are SRAM XX, XTR and KCNC but there are probably lighter ones about that I've not seen.

Aesthetically pleasing: XTR or Dura-ace, IMO.

Quality: they're all kinda the same thing, unless it's made of aluminium or titanium, in which case it won't last as long.

 

[Rampage]

Goldtec aluminium 8 speed cassette is 146g
XTR M950 titanium / steel 8 speed is 209g
XT M730 7 speed is 362g
Cheap SunRace (from ebay) 7 speed is 249g

I'd go for the XTR M950 for weight / life.
The goldtec is the sexiest as the largest 4/5 cogs are made from a single piece of aluminum. Followed by the XTR.

There a larger list of weights here:
http://weightweenies.starbike.com/listi ... =cassettes

 

[tennisbum_132]

Goldtec aluminium 8 speed cassette is 146g
XTR M950 titanium / steel 8 speed is 209g
XT M730 7 speed is 362g
Cheap SunRace (from ebay) 7 speed is 249g

I'd go for the XTR M950 for weight / life.
The goldtec is the sexiest as the largest 4/5 cogs are made from a single piece of aluminum. Followed by the XTR.

There a larger list of weights here:
http://weightweenies.starbike.com/listi ... =cassettes

Rampage, thank you for the prompt response and thank you very much for the link! This will certainly get my search moving in the right direction. I did, however, leave out one critical detail from my initial post (which tends to happen occasionally at 2am!). The cassette Driver I am searching for needs to be for a single speed application that can be utilized in a hub with BMX spacing through the fabrication of a custom flange on one side of the hub. Also, I am searching for the cassette driver itself and not the cog assembly. As of now my plan is to base the hub off of a damaged Nuke Proof MTB hub I acquired by using the center, undamaged, carbon section as a base for the hub. I look to fabricate a freewheel side that can be utilized with a disc brake adapter on the hub side opposite the freewheel side as well for a truly unique hubset.

 

[WD Pro]

If your interested in looks, this is 9 speed durace :









WD

 

[JonSus]

So you are looking for a freehub body that is designed to use one cog and bolts to a hub like a shimano freehub? I think most nuke proof cassette hubs used shimano freehub bodies. Are you using the flanges or just the carbon center? There are some pretty high quality BMX hubs on the market today like profile that might have a lot of what you are looking for. Old bmx hubs from the 80s like shimano and suntour used freehubs for one cog and were pretty durable. late 90s shimano dx might be another bmx hub to look at for parts. The road an mtb bodies are going to be too wide to fit in the 110 bmx spacing and leave much room for a hub shell not to mention the disc brake for the other side. Anyway good luck with your project.

 

[elPedro666]

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