SROAD lightweight cassettes

[SillyMochi]

I might throw a spare Ultegra CS-R8100 on my bike to see if that makes a difference or if my general setup is to blame.

[amphibulus]

Maybe they are better on 11 speeds. On my 105 di2 (12speeds) it was not shifting right. I was able to return the cassette for a refund. I have done a couple of ride on the original 105 cassette and everything is back to normal (after few adjustment).

It seems like Goldix is not the one, at least with di2. I don't know if it's the spacing between the cog that is off or if it's the tooth profile. It indeed look very different from the Shimano. Now thinking of getting the dura ace to save some weight.

[bichler.bua]

Got that in the mail this AM, to replace a steel & alu cassette. It died after 5000-8000km (2/3 flat, so probably 2/3 on the steel cogs), waxed chain. The smaller alu cogs started skipping a few rides ago. I think i used that cassette on my gravel bike last year (hence the 5000-8000km delta). I think i paid 45 eur for the steel & alu k7, and 70 eur for the new all steel one, so let's see if it lasts that much longer.
Weights are very similar.

@Serge_K
Is this the one sold under ZTTO or Goldix or ... on AliExpress?
Very interested to see how these hold up

[Takiyaki]

Any more experience with the new Goldix cassettes? Just ordered an 11-34 11 speed to use with an Ultegra mechanical RD + 1x.

[jonathanf2]

Any more experience with the new Goldix cassettes? Just ordered an 11-34 11 speed to use with an Ultegra mechanical RD + 1x.

Still using mine and no complaints. Best all-steel road cassettes on AliExpress. It doesn't shift as well as Shimano, but it still shifts very well. I'm using mine with the ER9, so performance might vary with mechanical shifters.

I wish they'd do more variations of the design though. An 11-36t and some 10t XD variations would also be nice.

[SillyMochi]

I switched to my winter wheels on the weekend. Had two rides with it so far. Funny thing: my shifting got even better. It is basically flawless now. Had to re-index my gears, quite a bit actually (from -11 to -3 in the DI2 app) and slight adjustment on the FD as well. Shifts perfectly and instantly throughout the whole cassette now - up and down.

On my race wheelset I always had the second smallest cog shift a bit slow; that dreaded "ticking" for like 0.5-1 second. Nothing super bad but just not perfect. I never suspected the wheels to be the issue. Always suspected the cassette/cog had a flaw there.

[Rmgvtec]

I reply to my own posts because I'm sassy like that. I'm thousands of km into this cassette. A friend of mine also bought one and he's a bit of a power monster and very rough on his gear.
We're both very happy with these cassettes. I'm on er9 11s, he's on di2 11s.

Can you share a link to the one you're referencing please?

[Sebastian]

Can you share a link to the one you're referencing please?

It’s this one, I think: Ich habe das hier gerade auf AliExpress gefunden: 156,39€ | GOLDIX SL CNC Rennrad 12/11S Ultraleicht Freilauf 11/12-28/30/32/34T Fahrrad Kassette Schwungrad 12 Geschwindigkeit K7 Kies 11V Kettenrad
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EJefWxb

I can wholeheartedly recommend it. I’ve been using it for around 6.000km now and it’s been holding up just fine. I’m also using the SROAD version in 11-32 12sp for almost 10k km. No problems. The rainbow finish hasn’t even worn off. I’m waxing my chain and stay on top of chain wear. I’m very pleasantly surprised.

The cheap steel/hybrid cassette though is really not worth it. I gave mine another chance after it skipped on one cog on my LTWOO er9 bike. I put it on my rim brake bike with Campy 12sp to see whether the different RD makes a difference as it has significantly more chain wrap. But no. The chain skips all the same. The cassette is done after maybe something like 2k km. Waste of money really.

[eeney]

Does anyone know, or have a comment on which brands of chains work best with Spedao cassettes?  especially the wider gearing cassettes, eg. 11-50

[jonathanf2]

I'm currently using Spedao and ZTTO 11 speed XD cassettes and I found SRAM PC11xx series chains work very well. These chains don't rub between cogs on aftermarket cassettes.

For 12 speed, I'm testing out KMC X12 chains on my Goldix/ZTTO lightweight all-steel cassette. So far it seems to shift well, but I don't have any large ratio cassettes in 12 speed to test it on.

BTW - I enjoy your YT channel! Hits a nice balance of just being on the bike, reasonably priced gear and everyday life. 

[fhill]

It’s this one, I think: Ich habe das hier gerade auf AliExpress gefunden: 156,39€ | GOLDIX SL CNC Rennrad 12/11S Ultraleicht Freilauf 11/12-28/30/32/34T Fahrrad Kassette Schwungrad 12 Geschwindigkeit K7 Kies 11V Kettenrad
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EJefWxb

I can wholeheartedly recommend it. I’ve been using it for around 6.000km now and it’s been holding up just fine. I’m also using the SROAD version in 11-32 12sp for almost 10k km. No problems. The rainbow finish hasn’t even worn off. I’m waxing my chain and stay on top of chain wear. I’m very pleasantly surprised.

The cheap steel/hybrid cassette though is really not worth it. I gave mine another chance after it skipped on one cog on my LTWOO er9 bike. I put it on my rim brake bike with Campy 12sp to see whether the different RD makes a difference as it has significantly more chain wrap. But no. The chain skips all the same. The cassette is done after maybe something like 2k km. Waste of money really.

Do you refer to one of these ultralight sub 200g Casettes or which do you refer to? ZTTO has one quite expensive (80€) alloy-steel casette and I'm quite intrigued to try it but I'm unsure wheter it's worth it

[TidyDinosaur]

Do you refer to one of these ultralight sub 200g Casettes or which do you refer to? ZTTO has one quite expensive (80€) alloy-steel casette and I'm quite intrigued to try it but I'm unsure wheter it's worth it

I have ordered the expensive one in 11S for 62USD after coupons in the past days.

[Sebastian]

Do you refer to one of these ultralight sub 200g Casettes or which do you refer to? ZTTO has one quite expensive (80€) alloy-steel casette and I'm quite intrigued to try it but I'm unsure wheter it's worth it

No. I’m referring to the cheap hybrid cassettes from goldix or wuzei for instance. I think they’re literally all the same but with different brand names. I’d stay away from those.
The more expensive ones have only been available since recently. Haven’t tried those but I’ve decided that the all steel ones are light enough for me. There’s some areas where crazy weight savings are just not worth it IMO. Cassettes and chains are one of those. Brakes are another.

[fhill]

No. I’m referring to the cheap hybrid cassettes from goldix or wuzei for instance. I think they’re literally all the same but with different brand names. I’d stay away from those.
The more expensive ones have only been available since recently. Haven’t tried those but I’ve decided that the all steel ones are light enough for me. There’s some areas where crazy weight savings are just not worth it IMO. Cassettes and chains are one of those. Brakes are another.

Got it, I'm in fact using the hybrid version from ztto for 50 bucks, works pretty well for me till now. weight is around 240g for 11-34 haven't seen an all steel from ztto, only from goldix but that's around 80 bucks

[mikola]

I finally installed the GOLDIX Road SL 11-28T 11 speed cassette which I bought last summer.

It shifted very well when on a bike stand, but on the first ride I noticed the chain skips / jumps on 15T sprocket (the 4th sprocket, counting from the smallest 11T). All other sprockets work perfectly.
The symptoms are the same as when you put a new chain on a worn cassette.

I had to avoid the 15T gear for the duration of the ride.

What I tried to diagnose this problem:
 * New chains of different brands - the original chain I tried this cassette with was a new SRAM Red 22 Hollow Pin, I then also tried with a new Shimano 11 speed chain. Same problem with skipping on 15T.
 * A different GOLDIX cassette (I have purchased 2 of them from the same AliExpress seller GOLDIX Store, with about 1 month between the orders, after reading mostly positive reviews). The problem can be observed on both these cassettes, with both of the chains mentioned above.
 * Shorten a chain by 1 link (as short as I can go) to see if slightly increased chain tension will help - nope, same problem.
 * Adjust the B-screw as much as possible to move the pulley as close to the cassette as possible, to make the chain wrap the cassette a little more - didn't help.
 * I tried a new SunRace 11-28T cassette - and it works perfectly on all gears, with both the chains. So the culprit is definitely the GOLDIX cassettes.

So, I think I either got super unlucky and got 2 cassettes from a defective batch, or my rear derailleur (SRAM Red 22) is not working well with these cassettes.

Anybody else had similar issues?