Prestacycle Pro Uniblock Cassettes
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Prestacycle Pro Uniblock Cassettes
Does anyone have experience with these?
Looking at these ==> https://www.prestacycle.com/product/...-9-12-freehub/
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Looking at these ==> https://www.prestacycle.com/product/...-9-12-freehub/
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Does anyone have experience with these?
Looking at these ==> https://www.prestacycle.com/product/...-9-12-freehub/
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Looking at these ==> https://www.prestacycle.com/product/...-9-12-freehub/
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Some info in this thread: Lightweight CNC close ratio 11s cassette?
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I don't have Campagnolo or a 12-speed drivetrain, but I have 3 Uniblock cassettes (12-28, 12-28, 11-34) for Shimano 11-speed freehub, of which only the first is currently installed. The second is a spare, and the third is about to go on my new gravel wheels.
With a mechanical 105 medium cage rear derailleur (RD-5800-GS), the shifts on the Uniblock 12-28 are indistinguishable from Ultegra 12-25 and 11-28. This is my riding impression over the 6 months (< 1K miles) since I bought the cassette.
With a mechanical 105 medium cage rear derailleur (RD-5800-GS), the shifts on the Uniblock 12-28 are indistinguishable from Ultegra 12-25 and 11-28. This is my riding impression over the 6 months (< 1K miles) since I bought the cassette.
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All of my cassettes are Edco Prestacycle uni/monoblock cassettes.
On the one 10 speed 11-32 I owned, the 32 tooth cog folded at a shift ramp on a massive high torque cross-chained shift. I did the rest of the ride on the smaller 9 remaining cogs. I bent it back and it was fine from then on...Maybe not the cassettes fault?
Every other one 11 speed 11-28 to 11 speed 11-42 has been flawless. Just be sure to get the proper 10-11 locknut if you intend to run it on a 10 speed freehub. The proper locknut is a millimeter or two longer than the 11-12 locknut for 11 speed freehub bodies.
Easy way to save some weight & some cash over XTR/Dura-Ace level components & no individual cogs to kill uber-light aluminum freehub bodies.
FWIW: Shimano, Campy, & Sram 11 speed cassettes are all the same enough spacing & width to be functionally interchangeable. Buy whatever one fits your freehub body. If A=B & B=C, then C=A
Absolutely worth it IMO.
On a related note: 11 speed mountain is 11 speed mountain. Buy whatever derailleur is on special. Here I have an Ultegra 6800 road shifter routed to a Wolftooth TanPan to convert to Shimano 11speed mountain pull ratio, running a 11 speed SRAM GX derailleur on a 11 speed XT 11-40 (42?) cassette.
On the one 10 speed 11-32 I owned, the 32 tooth cog folded at a shift ramp on a massive high torque cross-chained shift. I did the rest of the ride on the smaller 9 remaining cogs. I bent it back and it was fine from then on...Maybe not the cassettes fault?
Every other one 11 speed 11-28 to 11 speed 11-42 has been flawless. Just be sure to get the proper 10-11 locknut if you intend to run it on a 10 speed freehub. The proper locknut is a millimeter or two longer than the 11-12 locknut for 11 speed freehub bodies.
Easy way to save some weight & some cash over XTR/Dura-Ace level components & no individual cogs to kill uber-light aluminum freehub bodies.
FWIW: Shimano, Campy, & Sram 11 speed cassettes are all the same enough spacing & width to be functionally interchangeable. Buy whatever one fits your freehub body. If A=B & B=C, then C=A
Absolutely worth it IMO.
On a related note: 11 speed mountain is 11 speed mountain. Buy whatever derailleur is on special. Here I have an Ultegra 6800 road shifter routed to a Wolftooth TanPan to convert to Shimano 11speed mountain pull ratio, running a 11 speed SRAM GX derailleur on a 11 speed XT 11-40 (42?) cassette.
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Basic question of why you are even considering SR. They wear faster and Chorus shifts exactly the same and cost a LOT less. There are places where it might be worth paying for SR, but cassettes are certainly not one of them.




