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9-speed 12-27 cassette?

SproolSprool Posts: 1,022
edited June 2013 in Road buying advice
I'm on the lookout for a 9-speed 12-27 cassette, preferably sram. The only ones Ive found are BBB, they are cheap and on ebay and amazon. Any experience with BBB cassettes? Are they as bad as some of the Amazon reviews make out?

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  • smidsysmidsy Posts: 5,273
    Shimano do 1.
    Yellow is the new Black.
  • HoopdriverHoopdriver Posts: 2,023
    Sprool wrote:
    I'm on the lookout for a 9-speed 12-27 cassette, preferably sram. The only ones Ive found are BBB, they are cheap and on ebay and amazon. Any experience with BBB cassettes? Are they as bad as some of the Amazon reviews make out?
    Chain Reaction has Shimano Ultegra 12-27 9-speed cassettes on offer for £38.99
    http://www.My-Bicycle-and-I.com
  • night_porternight_porter Posts: 888
    Still with CRC but a Tiagra HG50 12-27 9 speed cassette for only £15.99. Sram and Shimano are fully interchangeable.
  • edindevonedindevon Posts: 325
    As far as I can see Sram don't make a 12-27 9 Speed Cassette. There isn't one listed on their components page http://www.sram.com/sram/road/component/cassettes.

    If you want Sram it seems like the closest you can get is 12-26, which a few places have in stock around the £21 mark.
  • SproolSprool Posts: 1,022
    cheers for the info, any views on BBB?
  • smidsysmidsy Posts: 5,273
    If it was me I would get a Shimano 1. The lack of people coming on here to talk about BBB is all I need to know.
    Yellow is the new Black.
  • slowbikeslowbike Posts: 8,498
    Sprool wrote:
    cheers for the info, any views on BBB?
    My brother uses BBB for racing a CX bike. He's pretty competitive ... and tends to go for good kit at good value - so I'd be happy to use BBB.

    {edit} also looks like the BBB cassettes are loose/separate cogs - far easier for cleaning!
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