I'm looking to drop some weight off my bike and one thing I'm considering is the cassette. I looked at dura ace but I run a Sram drive with an X9 shortcage.
Sram has a cassette XG999 that is quite light. I coppied some of the "stats" on it below. It is quite expensive but will shed at least a 1/4 lb (100+g) and I'm also going to throw on a KMC chain with it. I've had issues in the past with destroying cassettes. I've actually torn cogs off off the cassette body on two different occasions under high load (standing to sprint)...very odd. I am wondering if anybody else has used this and if they have had any issues. I don't want to eliminate cogs (NO SEVEN OR SIX SPEED SUGGESTIONS) And I also like the idea of keeping the 11-32 range.
Any thoughts? Good or Bad?
XG999:
11-30 : 166g (including 4g Lockring)
11-32 : 175g (including 4g Lockring)
11-34 : 187g (including 4g Lockring) Upon request there is a SL-Kit which consists of a full Titanium 11t cog and plastic spacers that replace the parts on the standard-Version and which save ca. 8g - please ask!
*Weights of "SL-Version":
11-30 SL: 157g (including 4g Lockring)
11-32 SL: 167g (including 4g Lockring)
11-34 SL: 180g (including 4g Lockring)
*Material/Colour:
11-32 cassettes come with BLACK coloured aluminium spider (picture shows red), Titanium-cogs (11t is steel) and aluminium spacers and also include the aluminium lockring.
11-34 cassettes come with red coloured aluminium spider, Titanium-cogs (11t is steel) and aluminium spacers and also include the aluminium lockring.
SL-Cassettes additionally come with a full titanium 11t cog and plastic spacers.
*Comparing weights of other MTB cassettes:
Shimano XTR CS-M980 11-32: 223g
Shimano XTR CS-M980 11-34: 244g
Shimano XTR CS-M980 12-34: 251g
Shimano XT CS-M770 11-32: 255g
Shimano XT CS-M770 11-34: 296g
SRAM PG-990 11-32: 271g
SRAM PG-980 11-32: 273g
SRAM PG-970 11-32: 322g
SRAM PG-990 11-34: 295g
SRAM PG-980 11-34: 307g
SRAM PG-970 11-34: 402g
Sram has a cassette XG999 that is quite light. I coppied some of the "stats" on it below. It is quite expensive but will shed at least a 1/4 lb (100+g) and I'm also going to throw on a KMC chain with it. I've had issues in the past with destroying cassettes. I've actually torn cogs off off the cassette body on two different occasions under high load (standing to sprint)...very odd. I am wondering if anybody else has used this and if they have had any issues. I don't want to eliminate cogs (NO SEVEN OR SIX SPEED SUGGESTIONS) And I also like the idea of keeping the 11-32 range.
Any thoughts? Good or Bad?
XG999:
11-30 : 166g (including 4g Lockring)
11-32 : 175g (including 4g Lockring)
11-34 : 187g (including 4g Lockring) Upon request there is a SL-Kit which consists of a full Titanium 11t cog and plastic spacers that replace the parts on the standard-Version and which save ca. 8g - please ask!
*Weights of "SL-Version":
11-30 SL: 157g (including 4g Lockring)
11-32 SL: 167g (including 4g Lockring)
11-34 SL: 180g (including 4g Lockring)
*Material/Colour:
11-32 cassettes come with BLACK coloured aluminium spider (picture shows red), Titanium-cogs (11t is steel) and aluminium spacers and also include the aluminium lockring.
11-34 cassettes come with red coloured aluminium spider, Titanium-cogs (11t is steel) and aluminium spacers and also include the aluminium lockring.
SL-Cassettes additionally come with a full titanium 11t cog and plastic spacers.
*Comparing weights of other MTB cassettes:
Shimano XTR CS-M980 11-32: 223g
Shimano XTR CS-M980 11-34: 244g
Shimano XTR CS-M980 12-34: 251g
Shimano XT CS-M770 11-32: 255g
Shimano XT CS-M770 11-34: 296g
SRAM PG-990 11-32: 271g
SRAM PG-980 11-32: 273g
SRAM PG-970 11-32: 322g
SRAM PG-990 11-34: 295g
SRAM PG-980 11-34: 307g
SRAM PG-970 11-34: 402g
Last edited:
