Shopping for an 8-speed cassette
 

So I thought looking for an 8-speed cassette with a range of 12-25 was gonna be easy since Performance seems to stock it online.

Nope.

I went to 4 different bike shops, including Performance, and they couldn't help me. The closest thing was a 12-23 from Performance, so I settled on that. The casette itself also looks a bit dated, even compared to 7-speed stuff they have nowadays.

Nashbar shows a Shimano 12/25
http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?c...eid=&pagename=
or a good deal on a Sram 12/26
http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?c...eid=&pagename=

Any LBS should be able to get those easily.