Like-for-Like or Options for Shimano CS-HG31-8?

seajays

OK looks like a couple of the rings on my cassette are worn! I'd had some small slips on one, replaced the chain with a new one at the weekend, and now one of the gears is unusable, and another is slipping.

I have Shimano CS-HG31-8 hub currently. Is it best just to replace like for like, or are there other options?

UndercoverElephant

Pretty much any 8-speed Shimano/SRAM compatible cassette will do. I tend to go for SRAM, or whatever is on offer.

The Rookie

Personally prefer Shimano cassettes to SRAM, but any 8 speed cassette will do, the 31 is bottom end so something better will be lighter.

daddy0

Just a by the by, I had the same symptoms once, and it wasn't the cassette - the freewheel needed replacing. So if you replace the cassette and you still get slips you know what it might be.

seajays

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19761163#p19761163]Daddy0[/url] wrote:

Just a by the by, I had the same symptoms once, and it wasn't the cassette - the freewheel needed replacing. So if you replace the cassette and you still get slips you know what it might be.

Thanks - I'll double check, but fairly sure it is the chain slipping. Also when I look at the teeth on that ring you can see they are worn compared to the others. I think I have a tendency to grind rather than spin as well...