Cassettes

ALL SPACED OUT

Advantages: Good quality kit
Disadvantages: Not flexible enough to fit every set up.

...isn't funny. And The DMR Kit? In the bag you get spacers, a cassette lockring, and a 16 tooth rear cog. Quality wise the kit is pretty good. The spacers are well made anodised aluminium rings. The rear cog is pressed chrome steel. Not the highest quality but perfectly adequate for it's use. The lockring is made from steel and is perfectly acceptable quality. Fitting is straightforward. The largest 20mm ring is placed on first, and the remaining ...
...was the cassette lockring. The DMR lockring has a bigger diameter than a standard cassette lockring, and so is perfect for use with the spacers. Overall If you are lucky this kit will work straight out of the bag. But you could find yourself having to shell out for extra kit, and like me it would have payed you to source everything separately. Shame because quality wise there is nothing wrong with it. ...

fred_redwood 26.10.2008 · Read full review
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Review of DMR Single Speed Spacer Kit

Fairly good value but limited durability

Advantages: Cheapish
Disadvantages: Heavy, Poor durability

OK, let's start by clearing up one thing here which I bet at least 90% of the people reading this review will be asking: What's a cassette? Well, a cassette is one of those incredibly boring things on a bike that doesn't look posh, and which your average bike owner would probably never even think about buying. So, take a look at the back wheel of any geared mountain bike or road bike. See that set of between five and nine cogs? That's a sprocket ...
...a thing? Simple. A bike in regular use gradually deteriorates, and the drivetrain (front and rear cogs and chain) is no exception. The chain stretches, and this causes the teeth on the cassette to wear down. This eventually leads to the chain jumping under load, and until I could manage to get the money together to buy a new cassette, I was stuck with having to get off to go up hills due to the horrendous banging and slipping coming from behind me. ...

Pritch 07.01.2002 · Read full review
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Review of Shimano HG50 Deore 9speed Cassette