10 Speed Cassette - XT or PG1050/70? - Singletrack World Magazine February 29, 2012

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10 Speed Cassette – XT or PG1050/70?
oscillatewildly
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does anybody have any experience of the new 10 speed sram cassettes? i like the look of the pg1050 cassette though can only find it in 12-36 instead of 11-36 not really a problem assume it will still fit ok…

have xt at the moment, its been ok but not super smooth with either a xt chain or xtr chain….

i know alot of 2×10 spesh stuff and whyte etc come with the pg1050 cassette, so just wondered of any experience…it looks very hollow and looks like it would clear mud/grime quicker than the xt too

Posted 12 years ago

oscillatewildly
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anybody any thoughts please? just hovering over which to buy, sway me to stay with xt or try the sram ones…also liked the pg990 when i had 9 speed….just want to know how the 10 speed sram stuff is holding up

Posted 12 years ago

oscillatewildly
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bump for any afternoon crowd

Posted 12 years ago

thisisnotaspoon
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I’ve a 1050, can’t comment on anything beyong it has 10 gears and they all work. I only use it in the dry and too unfit to notice the lack of an 11t.

Posted 12 years ago

oscillatewildly
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cheers tinas!

guessing the 12t instead of 11t just means its a little easier to pedal on than 11t version? guessing it would fit just fine?

Posted 12 years ago

ruscle
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They will all fit on your free hub, the only different size I believe is when you get to 7/8 speed.

Posted 12 years ago

thisisnotaspoon
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well, thinking about it……

32/11 = 2.909
35/11 = 2.916

32 to 35t would proably be a noticable difference, but I don’t spin out at the moment so don’t really care, generaly if I’m in the top 3 gears I’m probably decending which probably means pedaling for ajust a few revolutions then corner/pump/whatever.

Posted 12 years ago

mattjg
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I have a 1070 since October, works. My setup is all SRAM/Truvativ, shifting is spot on. Can’t compare to Shimano as haven’t used the equivalent 10 speed.

My 1070 chain though went to 1% stretch double quick (it felt), I have another and am monitoring it closely.

Posted 12 years ago

Jehosophat
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I don’t know about 10 speed (I’m always way behind here – running two 8 speed and one 9 speed bike currently!) but in the 9 speed world the XT equivalent in terms of price/weight is PG990 – 970 and 950 are much cheaper/heavier. Check the 1050 / 1070 weights vs XT – if you care about that sort of thing. I changed from XTRM950 8 speed 12-32 cassettes to 11-34 PG990 on the one bike that has actually got as far as 9 speed and the 990 weights over 300g (about the same as 9 speed XT) which was 75g more than the old 8 speed XTR one…

Posted 12 years ago