So I think it’s time to replace my cassette as I’m getting lot of skipping under load and has done nearly 5k. I have several options I could consider.
I swapped out my XD driver for a HG driver around 2020 and have been running a Sunrace 1146 cassette as the 1042 GX cassette didn’t offer me enough range. I could only go to a 30t chainring from a 32t so at the time switching to the Sunrace cassette made better sense for me.
Now I have a direct mount crankset I can now run as low as a 28t chainring and go back to a XD cassette. But is it worth it? There now available many cassettes cheaper than both the Sunrace & SRAM GX cassettes.
Airbike offers both HG and XD cassettes with similar range to the Sunrace and GX cassettes. If I go back to using a GX cassette, it is significantly lighter around 200g. The Airbike 942 cassette is also lighter than the Sunrace cassette but has greater range. So there would be a weight benefit going back to using either XD cassette.
Any longer term feedback about these Airbike cassettes? I appreciate that they haven’t been around long to get any meaningful performance review.