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Submitted by
bigboyblue
a Cross Country Rider
from Perth, Western Australia
Date Reviewed: November 20, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | Any and all | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | came with wheels | | Strengths: | strong, reliable, great fast changing with Sram chain and gearing | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano HG50 | | Bike Setup: | Stumpjumper Expert, Spinergy Xyclone wheels, Fox 120 RLC forks, X-0 derailleur, X-9 shifters, Juicy ultimate brakes | | Bottom Line: | A great product, never lets me down, crisp clear changing, awesome. Would suggest Dan0 learns to install and care for his bike better, same for other whining posters. Have just upgraded to PG 990 for the Spinergy wheels, will put this on my hardtail trainer. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dubdryver
a Cross Country Rider
from Miami, FL.
Date Reviewed: July 21, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | Many! | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | Price Point | | Strengths: | Durable, Lightweight, easy to clean, nice finish | | Weaknesses: | Must Dial your rear derailleur in very well! | | Similar Products Used: | SRAM 970 9 speed | | Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz Blur: Fox F120RLC fork, Mavic 819/Hope ProII wheels, Stylo OCT crank, Race Face Deus stem/headset, Easton monkeylite carbon bars, Maxxis Tires | | Bottom Line: | When I first purchased this cassette it was on a new build bike. I thought the R. Derailleur cable had been pre-stretched enough, and ended up switching back to the 970 and had the same symptoms, but it took a few weeks of riding to get it dialed and and adjusted. Once fine tuning was complete, it works beautifully and is really tuned to operate well with SRAM shifters and derailleurs! It snaps from gear to gear w/o hesitation and the finish is very good. I live S. FL. and there is quite a lot of opportunities for the brackish water to cause corrosion on the cassette and chain, but after 6 months I riding 2-3 times a week, the 980 is flawless! It is very durable and is very easy to clean due to a great finish, and has not shown any signs of wear. On a side note, some have said they have not had much luck with this cassette, but honestly if you follow the proper torque settings and assembly (because it is 5 pieces), it will not give you a fit, and will perform beautifully.
Many people assemble these products, write bad reviews and dont follow manufacture specifications. I see a lot of bad reviews on cranks and bottom brackets that I believe were improperly put onto the bike. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pisgah
a Cross Country Rider
from USA
Date Reviewed: January 24, 2009 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$55.00 | | Strengths: | Less expensive than XT, light weight | | Weaknesses: | Falls apart | | Similar Products Used: | XT, XTR | | Bottom Line: | This is my first and probably last SRAM cassette. I have been riding since 1991 and made the switch to a SRAM Cassette mainly due to price.
This product fell apart on me. I am paying the extra money and going back to Shimano. Buy SRAM chains but NOT their cassettes. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
TTMAC
a Cross Country Rider
from Palm Desert
Date Reviewed: January 22, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | Hahn Buena Vista | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$47.00 | | Purchased At: | Pricepoint | | Strengths: | Inexpensive | | Weaknesses: | Middle gear hifts occasionally have a very slight hesitation. | | Similar Products Used: | All levels of Shimano and Real. | | Bike Setup: | Full Suspension Cross Country Race | | Bottom Line: | This is respectable product for the money. It can usually be found for less than Shimano XT (47 bucks at Pricepoint). I have had great luck with all Sram products. The Shimano Cassette is the last Shimano product I was hesitant about giving up. This cassette is ever so slightly less smooth than Shimano when shifting in the middle gears, but it is also less expensive. I am 5'7 and 155 pounds and shift precisely. I am not a spastic clydesdale who wonders why they break products designed for regular sized riders.
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Submitted by
Craptasticycle
a Weekend Warrior
from san diego
Date Reviewed: August 19, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | any | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | came stock on my bik | | Strengths: | Lightweight, shifted fine for me | | Weaknesses: | quality - fell completely apart after 2 months | | Similar Products Used: | shimano lx / xt cassettes | | Bike Setup: | Stock Giant trance X2 | | Bottom Line: | The pin that holds the cassete together backed out and the whole thing fell apart when I pulled it to see what was making noise. Probably just a random build quality issue vs a badly designed product, but still a hassle for me. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
bowser5x5
a Cross Country Rider
from fairfax, ca usa
Date Reviewed: July 5, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | coast view | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$38.00 | | Purchased At: | preformance | | Strengths: | inexpensive, that's the only good thing i can say. | | Weaknesses: | its very existence. one of the worst cassettes ever made, on par with forte. | | Similar Products Used: | shimano xt, forte | | Bike Setup: | specialized s-works epic | | Bottom Line: | junk. junk, junk, junk. or should i say complete crap. didn't realize a reputable company like sram could/would put out such a horrible product. like others here, the cassette felt inexact from the moment it was on the bike. bad shifting in the middle rings, even though i put on a new sram chain at the same time. only got worse. two months in i checked it out and the rings were loose, would actually shift around side-to-side when you twisted it by hand. one of the hair-thin pins which hold the rings together broke, damn thing. good chains, pitiful cassette(s). | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jeff
a Cross Country Rider
from Highlands Ranch, CO, USA
Date Reviewed: April 22, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | 401 in Crested Butte | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | OBS | | Strengths: | Price and weight. Cool looking. | | Weaknesses: | Lack of smoothness in motion. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano XT M760. | | Bike Setup: | Maverick Durance. Mostly SRAM components 'cept Shimano front D. | | Bottom Line: | I'm very surprised how crappy this cassette is based on my previous experience with SRAM. From the moment I built up this bike, the gear train felt very rough and, like the previous posting, the 6th gear jumped around to the point where I would avoid it. In the process of debugging the problem, I swapped out an old Shimano XT cassette and the problem went away. Very disappointing, SRAM. At least I didn't spend too much money on it. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Carl Mare
a Cross Country Rider
from Nelspruit, South Africa
Date Reviewed: November 10, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Came with the bike | | Strengths: |
Cheaper than Shimano | | Weaknesses: | Inferior to Shimano | | Similar Products Used: | PG 950, PG 970, XT | | Bike Setup: | Standard Giant Trance 1. SRAM x9, Race face Evolve, Juicy 5, Reba Team, Fox RP2.
| | Bottom Line: | Got the PG950 on a previous bike, but had to replace it for broken and worn teeth at 1800km. Replaced it with a PG 970 which is still running fine after 2000km. Then I got the PG 980 on a new Giant Trance 1. It never worked well. Shifts were never smooth. The 6th gear 'clacked'. LBS replaced the 6th gear and the clacking stopped, but still not smooth. Relaced it with XT casette. Never looked back! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John
a Weekend Warrior
from Portland, OR
Date Reviewed: August 27, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Strengths: | Shifts great every time. Combined with my 991 chain and X9 der this is a great system | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano XT, DX Sram 970 | | Bike Setup: | Turner 5 Spot | | Bottom Line: | This is a product that just works well. I dont have to worry about it. I have had it wet, dusty, muddy and it just keeps working. I will get another when its done. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dawg
a Weekend Warrior
from Ontario Canada
Date Reviewed: August 3, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Reasonably light, Stiff, Smooth Shifting, Works. | | Weaknesses: | Price.. but you pay for what you get. | | Similar Products Used: | Deore, LX | | Bike Setup: | XT Derailleur, LX shifters.
| | Bottom Line: | For the price I paid.. I couldn't refuse. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Daver
a Downhiller
from Kentville
Date Reviewed: April 19, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | very tough with virtually no wear | | Weaknesses: | not as pretty as a 990 | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano XT | | Bike Setup: | 06 Faith 1 with XO shifter and RD,Sram PC-69 chain. | | Bottom Line: | Its a great shifting cassette, and when combined witht the greatness of XO it works flawlessly. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tim Price
a Cross Country Rider
from South Africa
Date Reviewed: February 8, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Secret Test Track, Constantia | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$73.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Reasonably light although SRAM website has dubius weight data for casettes. Alloy spider for 3 big rings. Seems stiff and strong. Looks good. Shifts reasonably well, but see below... | | Weaknesses: | Unsure at this point, but am having chain slip/skip problems. Bike previusly used 970 casette and HG93 chain. Now a 980 with new HG93 chain and the chain skips like the casette is worn when I stonk the pedals in 4th and middle! Very frustrating and enough to ruin your ride. LBS still to try and sort the problem out so judgment reserved on the casette... | | Similar Products Used: | 970 cassette came OEM on the bike, PG 850 and various LX, STX casettes in 12,5 years | | Bike Setup: | Raleigh unique to SA mono pivot 4" travel with full XT, rapid ride Dr and dual controls, Fox suspension front and back | | Bottom Line: | Judgment reserved. Maybe its not the casette, but until I am satisfied, its 2 chillies only. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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