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Will T Smith
a Cross Country Rider
from Valparaiso, INDate Reviewed: March 15, 2008
Strengths: It's $5 cheaper than a SRAM cassette that would not have broken.Weaknesses: Misery loves company. The 12 tooth cog shattered on a road at Fort Custer. Whats worse is that the back cassette spacing on this cassette is such that I could not throw a 12T on from a worn cassette.
So, In the end I lost $12. Lucky for Performance it broke at the END of the ride. I won't be buying any more Forte branded drivetrain components.Bottom Line: Don't waste your money on this junk. It still only gets one chili for value because there is no value in cheap garbage.
Favorite Trail: Outback Trail @ Imagination Glen
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$12.00
Purchased At: Performance Bike
Similar Products Used: SRAM and Shimano cassettes
Bike Setup: Karate Monkey XT/X9 level setup.
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dwight moody
a Weekend Warrior
from SeattleDate Reviewed: January 26, 2008
Strengths: Cheap, final straw in lovely decision to ditch gears.Weaknesses: Oh, everythingBottom Line: Sometimes, you really get what you pay for. The second or third time I rode this POS, the 12 tooth cog snapped and fell out. When I got back home after that abbreviated ride, I switched in a worn ring from an old cassette and just tried not to end up in that gear. This was tolerable for a couple months, when a tooth snapped off on of the larger cogs.
So I decided to become a single speeder.
Favorite Trail: tolt
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$15.00
Purchased At: performance.com
Similar Products Used: Sram
Bike Setup: Hardtail, now single-speed.
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Lee
from SF BayDate Reviewed: July 16, 2007
Strengths: cheapWeaknesses: bad shifting, fragileBottom Line: I have 2 of these cassettes, one 12-32, one 11-28. The 12-32 is ok, but the shifting is very slow compared to a SRAM or even a Sunrace cassette. The 11-28 cassette is horrible. First, the removable two outer cogs' freehub interface was shoddy, making it hard to put on (had to lightly tap with a rubber mallet to get them on). Then less than a month in, the 12T cog had a tooth break off. I can't say whether the bad interface is the original cause, but it's BS to have such a lightly torqued, rarely used steel cog fail that fast on a commuter bike.
Actually, if you compare Sunrace and Forte cogs, they look nearly identical; I'd bet they're from the same factory. The differences are Forte cassettes cost more, don't include the nickel plating, and have worse tolerances on the machining.
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Similar Products Used: sram, sunrace
Bike Setup: One commuter, one hardtail trail bike
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