Recommend Me a New 10 Speed Cassette

[Hacienda71]

As per the title people. I am running an Sram10 speed road setup and need to replace the chain and cassette. Plenty of ten speed chains to choose from, but anyone got any good cassette ideas/bargains they have seen? I should probably say that I am not keen to spend £150 or so on a Red cassette.

Cheers

 

[400bhp]

Tiagra 10 speed and KMC chain.

Cheap and work.

 

[ianrauk]

Tiagra 10 speed and KMC chain.

Cheap and work.

Yup agree with that... or at a push 105 cassette.

 

[black'n'yellow]

Ambrosio or BBB will probably be cheaper - and will work just as well...

 

[avsd]

Or if you want to treat yourself and Ultegra Cassette for £50
http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/CASHU6700/shimano_ultegra_6700_cassette
or a 105 Cassette for £30 but watch the posting costs
http://www.rosebikes.co.uk/article/shimano-105-cs-5700-cassette-10-speed/aid:443959

 

[Hacienda71]

Thanks Guys

 

[HLaB]

I think my cassette is a sram 1050 (ribble, circa £45 iirc), Ive got a Ultegra to replace it for the same price (PBK sale iirc) but on my history the SRAM stuff is better wearing than Shimano.

 

[slowmotion]

ChainReaction have Shimano 105 5700 cassettes for £32 including postage. KMC X 10 chains can found for less than£20 if you search.
Here's a link to the cassette..
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=50454

 

[Hacienda71]

I think my cassette is a sram 1050 (ribble, circa £45 iirc), Ive got a Ultegra to replace it for the same price (PBK sale iirc) but on my history the SRAM stuff is better wearing than Shimano.

£32.49 at Planet X at the moment, mmm decisions.

 

[HLaB]

£32.49 at Planet X at the moment, mmm decisions.

Its £50 on ribble, for that price just buy it if it suits your gearing (I run a 11-26t fwiw). I've never had a shimano last more than one chain; I only bought the Ultegra because it was on sale and I wanted a lower gear (its 11-28) for the alps.

 

[gaz]

Get the strava cassette. Comes in format 11 - 11 - 11 - 11 - 11 - 11 - 11 - 11 - 11 - 11

 

[400bhp]

Its £50 on ribble, for that price just buy it if it suits your gearing (I run a 11-26t fwiw). I've never had a shimano last more than one chain; I only bought the Ultegra because it was on sale and I wanted a lower gear (its 11-28) for the alps.

Given the amount of miles you do, on the face of it that is nuts.

How many miles did you get from one?

I have always [since 2010] got 3 chains worth of miles out of a shimano cassette. Equating to about 5000 miles.

 

[tigger]

Sram 1070 or 1050 whichever suits your budget and weight saving targets?

 

[HLaB]

Given the amount of miles you do, on the face of it that is nuts.

How many miles did you get from one?

I have always [since 2010] got 3 chains worth of miles out of a shimano cassette. Equating to about 5000 miles.

The last last SRAM cassette I got 8633 miles before I changed it.

 

[Rob3rt]

I would say buy the cheapest that comes with the right number of cogs, I am currently using a SRAM PG 1070 cassette and PC 1071 PowerChain, could not comment on how I am finding it as it has been on the bike half a week and only done 50 indoor miles. The cassette looked a bit nicer than a Shimano one (as far as a spikey cone goes), if you are an appearance ponce like me.

I have previously used Shimano 9 spd tiagra and 10 spd 105, both were fine. The more you pay, you get a lighter cassette, that is about it. If you pay silly for DA it doesn't even last as long as a standard cassette because the larger cog's are a different material for weight saving and wear faster. The SRAM Red level cassette is pro though, machined from a single bilet! Lovely, no collapsing pile of cogs when swaping between bikes, also nice and light, but the price it outragious. I run SRAM Red as of this week, but opted for Force level cassette and chain for economy.