Originally Posted by
zacster
If SRAM is like Campy or Shimano, the higher grade cassettes get expensive really fast..
Yes, SRAM follows that business model, too. The high end SRAM PG1190 cassette is machined from a single block of steel and cost about $350. They start with a piece of steel, mill it down to what we recognize as a cassette, and there is likely more wasted material than actual material in the final product.