Originally Posted by
spectastic
ha. you were right. I put on a newer 10s cassette, and couldn't get it to skip. it's funny, i learned that you can detect wear qualitatively from the cassette by looking at how the sprockets are worn, and this one didn't look very worn. but the evidence is clear, it wasn't the freehub. thanks!
For the (larger) front chainrings you usually can. But not as easily for the cassette. You can tell if it's been used, usually, but very hardly if it's worn or not.