SROAD lightweight cassettes

[Serge_K]

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.

[SillyMochi]

That is one dirty scale

Let me know how your shifting is. Have the same cassette and one gear just doesn't want to play nice ...
Which derailleur are you using this one on? The Ltwoo?

[Serge_K]

You have a point! in real life, it's really not that bad The jar in the corner isn't piss either, for the record, but kombucha...
using ltwoo er9 RD. i've been very happy with shifting performance / noise with the previous cassette, and i've setup 5 such groups so i'm confident if it can work well, i'll get it to work well.
I'll revert after a few rides.

[Sebastian]

Very interested to hear your opinion on this combo, @Serge.
Given all the experience you got with these groupsets.

Like I said, I’m using the same combo. And while it works, I’m not impressed. If your experience is the same then maybe indeed the cassette is to blame. But my bike also doesn’t really shift better with one of those cheap Sunshine cassettes on the turbo. But I’m curious to try the LTWOO group with a Shimano cassette and see what happens.

[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.

[Serge_K]

for reference, my dead cassette looks like that. on 2-3 cogs, i feel like i m seeing the "shark tooth" shape that indicates a dead cassette. shark teeth or not, it skips, which is both very frustrating and super dangerous.

[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

[Serge_K]

got the new one on goldix store on aliexpress. i've now done a handful of rides on the new one. i had to re-calibrate quite a few gears (which seems fair, different cassette, slightly different spacing), but it's already pretty much flawless, especially the easier cogs when shifting under load (doing vo2max efforts uphill).

[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.

[Serge_K]

got the new one on goldix store on aliexpress. i've now done a handful of rides on the new one. i had to re-calibrate quite a few gears (which seems fair, different cassette, slightly different spacing), but it's already pretty much flawless, especially the easier cogs when shifting under load (doing vo2max efforts uphill).

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.

[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.