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Old 09-06-08, 02:15 AM
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Raxel
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I have used capreo hub & cassette for more than one years and switched to normal drivetrain.
Shimano says it is comparable to 105 but IMO they are more like tiagra groups. I am not saying that they are bad (In fact tiagra components are quite good), but they are definitely not up to ultegra or DA level.

First of all, don't forget that what you need is just rear hub and cassette. Hubs work just fine and very quiet (Which I don't like... many ppl like loud hubs!), and cassette gives very usable 9-26T range.

However, one of their drawbacks are weight. (Hub weighs 395 grams, cassette weighs 247 grams) Another one is spacing between gear ratios, for 9-26T cassete is basically a scaled down 11-34T 9 speed cassette. So IMO performance wise, big chainrings with normal road cassette is better. And I've heard that smaller cogs (9,10T) wear out pretty quickly if you use them often.

Anyway the capreo system is a very simple and good way to get appropriate gear range for folding bikes.
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