Shimano HG50 8 Speed Cassette

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 cluster or cassette. So, why would anyone buy such 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 ...

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

Ipod Touch 8Gb with engraving

Advantages: All the features of the iphone but without the massive price tag
Disadvantages: battery life could be better

--Background-- I bought the iPod touch for my son for his 10th birthday. Before he alerted me to the item I knew nothing at all about it. Having played around with it for a few hours, I can now see what all the fuss is about as this item is so addictive. The touch comes in 3 guises, namely 8Gb, 16Gb and 32Gb versions. These are all identical apart from, obviously the storage capacity. --In the box-- I must admit that then the box came, I thought half the order had been missed as it is minute! Along with the ipod itself, you get the headphones, a usb to pc charger and a quick setup guide. Although this seem very little, it is actually enough to get you up and running in next to no time. As we bought this direct from the Apple store we were entitlted to free engraving on the back of the device. We took the decision to have his ...

craggybuk 13.05.2009 (15.05.2009) · Read full review
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Review of Apple iPod touch 8 GB

THE 8GB MUSIC PLAYER.

Advantages: LARGE MEMORY, SOUND OUTPUT AND LONG BATTERY LIFE.
Disadvantages: : FRAGILE IN LOOKS.

the I pod touch makes it quite a different and unique. The I pod touch is capable of storing large capacity of information well what actually do you think of a device that that has 8gb memory space. Like I wrote above, it is capable of 1500 to 1700 songs and on the other hand, capable of storing 10,000 pictures and also capable of playing video for the duration of 10 hours. In terms of videos, you can equally upload videos just like in music. You can upload movie but the issue with it is that the more you videos you put, the less you space In the music section, we have many categories like the album, artist, song title and genre these are the categories that make it very possible for you to make easy selections of your music. But what I don't like about the device is lack of external loudspeaker so it then means that if by mistake you ...

oki82 18.12.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Apple iPod touch 8 GB