SROAD lightweight cassettes

[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