Originally Posted by Shiznaz
bah, well you did your big ride on a crazy lightweight high zoot carbon wonder road machine and seemed to make it home without the bike exploding. I'm sure I will manage with an XTR cassette in the back.
Hells yes. They last long enough. Use it if you got it. Wouldn't recomend it to the average winter commuter, but you are a very special case. SPECIAL!
EDIT: and once that one wears out, and it will eventually, replace it with an XT or something cheaper. On my trip I went through about 2 Ultegra cassettes, and even more chains, but I was changing them on the safe side.