Shimano 12 - 27 cassettes
Does anybody know why Shimano 12 - 27 cassettes are so difficult to come by? A lot of on-line retailers show them as discontinued, lbs doesn't have any, this must be a popular size, Shimano website shows them as current. I can't understand it.
I'm not happy with them, have a 105 cassette and it's like cheese, a few rides and the teeth are worn but I had a chain breakage - 105 again - and the new chain won't run on the old cassette, as expected although it's not very old.
Is there an alternative compatible 10-speed cassette available?
I'm not happy with them, have a 105 cassette and it's like cheese, a few rides and the teeth are worn but I had a chain breakage - 105 again - and the new chain won't run on the old cassette, as expected although it's not very old.
Is there an alternative compatible 10-speed cassette available?
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In my experience cassettes are generally very hard wearing. Beacuse of the way the teeth are shaped to help shifting its very difficult to tell if its actually worn or not.
Basically i doubt very much if its cassette wear causeing your problems.0 -
I've taken into account the tooth profile and have compared it with a new one from another of my bikes and it is definitely worn. I don't have a mechanical problem, it's just sourcing another cassette of this ratio. Thanks for the response anyway.0
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I'm not sure what you mean by "difficult to come by" - the first place I looked was CRC, who have both the 105 12-27 cassette in stock and (if you want an alternative) the SRAM PG1070 12-27.
HTH,
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Well I don't believe it. CRC was the first place I looked last night and both Ultegra and 105 were dicontinued, same with some other on-line places. There is even an 11-28 Ultegra which I didn't see last night.
I have since found one at Wiggle which was a bit more expensive.
I will need another soon so will go for the SRAM.0
