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As part of a quest to upgrade a bike on the cheap, I've noticed that
Nashbar's house brand cassettes are cheaper than Shimano, SRAM, and Campy, and come in a cog combination I can use. Are they any good? Will spending a bit more on Shimano get me noticeably better shifting and/or durability? TIA, John |
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"JBAFromNY" wrote in news:1125422675.023311.18900
@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: As part of a quest to upgrade a bike on the cheap, I've noticed that Nashbar's house brand cassettes are cheaper than Shimano, SRAM, and Campy, and come in a cog combination I can use. Are they any good? Will spending a bit more on Shimano get me noticeably better shifting and/or durability? TIA, John I bought a 9-speed 11-34 Nashbar cassette for my spare dirt bike wheels that I have slicks on. It's chromed, and noticeably heavier than the SRAM 11-32 that came with the bike. The chrome started flaking after about 200 miles, but the exposed metal underneath hasn't rusted and shifting is unaffected. It looks as cheap as it sells for, but it functions fine. |
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Hank Wirtz wrote: "JBAFromNY" wrote in news:1125422675.023311.18900 @g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: As part of a quest to upgrade a bike on the cheap, I've noticed that Nashbar's house brand cassettes are cheaper than Shimano, SRAM, and Campy, and come in a cog combination I can use. Are they any good? Will spending a bit more on Shimano get me noticeably better shifting and/or durability? TIA, John I bought a 9-speed 11-34 Nashbar cassette for my spare dirt bike wheels that I have slicks on. It's chromed, and noticeably heavier than the SRAM 11-32 that came with the bike. The chrome started flaking after about 200 miles, but the exposed metal underneath hasn't rusted and shifting is unaffected. It looks as cheap as it sells for, but it functions fine. Hm. Chrome? I bet it's a house-branded Sunrace: http://www.sunrace.com/productpage.a...gory=cassettes I have one of these or something reasonably similar. It works. -- Ryan Cousineau http://www.wiredcola.com/ "I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos |
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Ryan Cousineau wrote in
: Hm. Chrome? I bet it's a house-branded Sunrace: You are 100% correct. The tip-off is the "MegaGear" sticker on the 34 - Sunrace's goof on Shimano's MegaRange line. |
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According to JBAFromNY :
As part of a quest to upgrade a bike on the cheap, I've noticed that Nashbar's house brand cassettes are cheaper than Shimano, SRAM, and Campy, and come in a cog combination I can use. Are they any good? Will spending a bit more on Shimano get me noticeably better shifting and/or durability? I use an 8-speed Nashbar cassette on my mountain bike and it shifts wonderfully. It's heavy enough that I suspect it will be longer-lived than a comparable Shimano part. --- Lars Lehtonen Los Angeles Bicycle Calendar: http://calendar.bikeboom.com |
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Lars Lehtonen wrote:
According to JBAFromNY : As part of a quest to upgrade a bike on the cheap, I've noticed that Nashbar's house brand cassettes are cheaper than Shimano, SRAM, and Campy, and come in a cog combination I can use. Are they any good? Will spending a bit more on Shimano get me noticeably better shifting and/or durability? I use an 8-speed Nashbar cassette on my mountain bike and it shifts wonderfully. It's heavy enough that I suspect it will be longer-lived than a comparable Shimano part. I used one of these for a while. Besides being much heavier (than SRAM) it had a tendency to shed teeth. I think the SRAM cassettes are a better value. |
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On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 04:19:07 -0700, Lars Lehtonen
wrote: I use an 8-speed Nashbar cassette on my mountain bike and it shifts wonderfully. It's heavy enough that I suspect it will be longer-lived than a comparable Shimano part. Considering that the difference in weight between the two cassettes is almost certainly due to less material toward teh center of the cogs, or on the "spider" and not the steel teeth, I doubt that. JT **************************** Remove "remove" to reply Visit http://www.jt10000.com **************************** |
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According to John Forrest Tomlinson :
On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 04:19:07 -0700, Lars Lehtonen wrote: I use an 8-speed Nashbar cassette on my mountain bike and it shifts wonderfully. It's heavy enough that I suspect it will be longer-lived than a comparable Shimano part. Considering that the difference in weight between the two cassettes is almost certainly due to less material toward teh center of the cogs, or on the "spider" and not the steel teeth, I doubt that. Are you comparing the two of them right now, or is there just something magic about the word "Shimano?" -- Lars Lehtonen |
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