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Component Deals & Selection / Re: SROAD lightweight cassettes
« on: June 28, 2024, 08:57:57 AM »I have an 11-speed 11-32 SROAD cassette. It's been on my main bike for two years, it's just coming up on 16,000 km and I've had no issues whatsoever. It's used with 4 waxed chains in rotation and pretty well looked after.
Died after 16,600 km. Developed the familar click/creak, which serves me right for my praise back in April. Nonetheless, pretty good service.
Inspection showed that the spider/carrier had cracked alongside several of the rivet holes. The material here is very thin, so in hindsight an obvious weak point.
I've installed the identical SROAD (now sold as SPEDAO) replacement I bought nearly two years ago, but in future would look for a cassette with a more robust interface between aluminium spider and steel monobloc.