Originally Posted by
NoWhammies
Can you more experienced people on the forums here tell me how you could tell a new cassette was needed? To my untrained eye, the cassette looked good. The teeth were not sharp points which is what I'd expect from a worn cassette. Appreciate your insight. Cheers.
I guess I'm still curious as well. I could totally understand an old chain that is out of spec wearing down the cogs and not skipping, then after installing new chain it no longer "meshes" and introduces skipping. However in this case skipping occurred with two different wheelsets and a new chain, only to be resolved by installing another chain.
That being said, I'll probably be taking the original wheelset into the LBS for tensioning/truing so I'll probably replace the cassette for good measure at the same time.
Thanks everyone.