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SRAM
5.0™ Powerglide II™ Cassette
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Description:Simple design: lightweight, efficient, stiff componentry
Durable construction: high-quality steel cogs, durable heat treatment
Optimized performance: excellent SRAM Power Chain™ match, great performance on many other chains
8-speed, 11-32 & 11-28 tooth cassette options
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Submitted by
corey
a Weekend Warrior
from se us
Date Reviewed: February 1, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | one with dirt and rock | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Strengths: | cheap, good, it works, don't have to worry about it. | | Bottom Line: | cheap price, good equipment, it works, don't have to worry about it.
shifting is fast and smooth,
wear has been very slow
unless your pinching off grams, look no further.
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50 words yet, maybe, lets see | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jon Churchill
a Weekend Warrior
from Grand Rapids,MI
Date Reviewed: December 24, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | came on bike | | Strengths: | Shifts well, durable, inexpensive | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Similar Products Used: | suntour | | Bike Setup: | Racer X100, SRAM 9.0 RD, grip-shfters and chain, XT FD, Race Face Dues crankset | | Bottom Line: | This cassette came stock on an old bike and I decided to keep using it since it was in like-new condition even though the chain was worn and needed replacing. I also wanted to stay with 8 speed option which is more reliable and durable than 9 speed. The bottom line is this cassette works well, is durable and is inexpensive (less than half the price of new XTs). | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Russ Born
a Cross Country Rider
from Corvallis, OR USA
Date Reviewed: January 31, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | McKenzie River | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | Cyclotopia | | Strengths: | Price, performance | | Weaknesses: | None really | | Similar Products Used: | zip | | Bike Setup: | Trek Y3, Ritchey comp crank | | Bottom Line: | Can't complain. Never had a problem with this cassette, except after 2 years it's worn out. I'll probably get another to replace it. Didn't notice any flexing issues, but at 160 pounds I'm not a pedal masher. I only use the 32-tooth ring for spinning, if I'm cranking on the pedals I'm in the 24 or 26. Have I hit 50 words yet? | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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Paul
a Cross Country Rider
from Nowy Sacz, Poland
Date Reviewed: October 27, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | anywhere in Tatra moutains | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$19.00 | | Purchased At: | friend's store | | Strengths: | Perfect shifting when used with a good chain like old PC58's or Wipperman Connex 808. Lightweight. Good gear ratios. | | Weaknesses: | Soft steel alloy. Wears too quickly. | | Similar Products Used: | XT, LX | | Bike Setup: | Merida Sport 700 | | Bottom Line: | Great cassette for such a low price. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pete
a Weekend Warrior
from Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Date Reviewed: September 7, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | Sotar's | | Strengths: | Shifts quickly and easily, and has a very good range of gears. | | Weaknesses: | Wear. | | Bike Setup: | Trek 800 Singletrack | | Bottom Line: | This came stock on the Trek 800 that I bought several years ago, and it probably has about 1500 miles on it. The teeth have gotten fairly worn, but will probably be good for another 1000 miles. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Peter
a Weekend Warrior
from DC
Date Reviewed: March 18, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | all | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | OE | | Strengths: | Ligth,stiff,easily maintained.exelent crome finish.compadiable with 9 speed chains./narrows/ | | Weaknesses: | none so far.slight finish chipping on the 7 & 8 speed. | | Similar Products Used: | xt 2002, sram 9 0, xtr 2002, and one older one on my trek 6000, I'm not sure of the brand... | | Bike Setup: | T 4500,xt hubs,2004 lx cranks,avid 185mm... | | Bottom Line: | Exelent value.I ride my bike with no mersy, and some times it is weeks between maintenances, so I'm satisfied. There is one thing you should check before installing it or if you have it as OE you should defeneately take it off and check and that is the little pin that holds the lagest /1-6/ rings. it should be tigthetened so it goes all the way trought the 6th gear.this will help you achieve more stiffnes and no movement on the casset against the hub which usually damages the chain or sometimes chips teeth. and you're all good to go... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
DAve
a Cross Country Rider
from Maine
Date Reviewed: March 8, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Any one besides the one to work | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Nashbar | | Strengths: | Light, good shifting | | Weaknesses: | broke two teeth of the 18t cog on my ride to work. This cassette has less than 400 miles on it total. ouch | | Similar Products Used: | various shimano, other sram 5.0 | | Bike Setup: | well tuned | | Bottom Line: | oops, I've never broken teeth on a cassette before. maybe a manuf. defect. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
wormMan
a Cross Country Rider
from Canada
Date Reviewed: November 25, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Looks good
Easy to Clean...stays looking good | | Weaknesses: | IT BROKE! GOING DOWN THE ROAD...4th gear just ripped in 2....i was dusgusted...what garabage. Even the guy at the bike shop said "SRAM stuff isn't worth sh!t" get the picture.... | | Similar Products Used: | All kinds of cheep ones that were way stronger | | Bike Setup: | Haro Escape 8.1 | | Bottom Line: | I dont know...worked perfect for 3-4 months 600kms....i call it junk..u make the call | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Tommi Bass
a Cross Country Rider
from U.K
Date Reviewed: September 8, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | the ones with joggers on | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | evanscycles.co.uk | | Strengths: | It looks dope, it's pretty light and works very well. | | Weaknesses: | are you stupid, better than lx,or xt. | | Similar Products Used: | deore,lx,xt... early 7 speed hyper-glide..you know the score! | | Bike Setup: | merlin 7005 xc with a bell and so on...... | | Bottom Line: | I've got the 28/11 version..its very nice indeed i run a 9 speed sram chain on it( drilled lx rear end with custom jockey wheels) rocket shorty right shifter. NICE, just what the doctor ordered..its so nice to drop down several gears while you are braking..subline...oh and the click tells joggers to move their ass outa da way as you power by them.
Very easy to set up.. piss easy to change cables....no phantom shifting from my set up baby! If you do suffer from the perils of phantom shifting get an Avid Roller-thingy to sick on the rear mech this will sort you out a treat mate. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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pat pisanello
a Cross Country Rider
from ny
Date Reviewed: August 18, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | any | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | nashbar | | Strengths: | looks great,unbelievable performance | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | shimano xtr 8 speed , and xt | | Bike Setup: | stumpjumper xc | | Bottom Line: | I don't want anything to do with 9 speed. This product shifts flawlessly up and down with an inexpensive sram pc48 chain. With this cassette my worries are over. It actually shifts as good or better than my xtr cogs. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Robert Reitzel
a Weekend Warrior
from Evanston, Wyoming USA
Date Reviewed: February 28, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | anything | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | The Bike Shoppe | | Strengths: | It is really solid | | Weaknesses: | It wears out after about 4,000 miles...but what doesn't | | Similar Products Used: | Walmart Junk | | Bike Setup: | Azonic ds-1, DJIII, intense Mag 30 DH rims pretty much and a dirt jumping bike and a dual slalom bike | | Bottom Line: | I was so inpressed with it I went out and bought another one. I will be running this one on all of my bikes except my race bike that I want to be really really light but my freeride bikes Why not? its way good | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Phillip Neill
a Cross Country Rider
from Orlando, FL
Date Reviewed: October 23, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Santos(Ocala,FL), Tsali | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$19.00 | | Purchased At: | Jensen | | Strengths: | Light weight, durable, low cost. | | Weaknesses: | no Chi-Chi factor (XTR) | | Similar Products Used: | XTR m900(steel) and m950 (Ti) | | Bike Setup: | K2 Proflex Evo, Sram PC 69 chain (9 speed) | | Bottom Line: | This product is a great value. It has outlasted my XTR cassettes and functions perfectly with a 9 speed chain. I would definately purchase another. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Aaron
a
from Austin, TX
Date Reviewed: August 15, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$19.00 | | Purchased At: | online | | Strengths: | stiff, light, improved shifting significantly | | Weaknesses: | I just got this so I cant attest to its durability yet | | Similar Products Used: | old stuff of which I dont know the brand and sunrace crap | | Bike Setup: | SRAM 5.0 cassette, that much you know, the rest you dont | | Bottom Line: | I had absolutely no reason to upgrade my cassette because the other one really worked just fine, but I did and Im glad because now the old one is a piece of crap compared to this one. This one is the 11-28 tooth model which was what I had so I didnt feel any need to lower my gearing. Those who say this flexes are indeed smoking the whacky weed because mine is stiff as hell. I can see maybe that the top cog on the 11-32 model my deflect a bit, but lets get real people. The chain pulls the top of the cassette from the front, not side to side. I just recently upgraded to Shimano alivio shifters and a deore rear derailleur and experienced much improved shifting. I never realized how much better it would get from replacing my cassette. These are dirt cheap too, compared to shimano, they smoke them out of the water. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Chris Cylinder
a Cross Country Rider
from USA
Date Reviewed: August 2, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | The Bone | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Wheels | | Strengths: | Looks good, strong, shifts very well, 11-32T 8-speed. | | Weaknesses: | None encountered so far. Love the 11-32T setup and would rather have 11-32T 8-speed than 11-32T (or 11-34T) 9-speed, so this cassette is perfect. | | Bike Setup: | Haro Escape 8.2 (Red/Black 19.5”): Manitou SIX Comp (100mm); Avid disc brakes (f&r); Shimano LX rear derailleur; Shimano Alivio shifters and front derailleur (8-speed); ProMax brake levers; TruVativ 5D Cranks; SRAM 5.0 cassette (8-speed 11-32T); Shimano IG51 Chain (8-speed); Alex DM18 Doublewall rims (32H); Intense 2.25" CC tires; Haro disc hubs, handlebar, stem, and seatpost; WTB Inner Peace ST headset, and Speed V Comp saddle. | | Bottom Line: | I love this cassette because I am a fan of 11-32T 8-speed drivetrain. This thing shifts well, looks good, is light, and I have no complaints. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Jan Solar
a Weekend Warrior
from Prague, Czech republic
Date Reviewed: July 16, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$17.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike Ranch, Prague | | Strengths: | Weight, price, 32T | | Weaknesses: | SOFT!!! | | Similar Products Used: | XT'98 8spd 11-30 | | Bike Setup: | Fuji 4 Diamond (FS), XT, Z1, CrossRide, SPD747 | | Bottom Line: | Absolute rubbish. After 1,000 kms totally worn out. My old XT'98 lasted approx 15,000 (!) kms and is still in better shape than SRAM 5.0 after less than one tenth. For me, the next choice is clear...(uh, maybe it's of a good value for those who want to sell a bike with shiny new casette) | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Eric
a Weekend Warrior
from Modesto, Ca
Date Reviewed: June 27, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | light, cheap, and strong | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | xtr m950 (titanium) | | Bike Setup: | Trek 4500 XT/XTR | | Bottom Line: | This was the last thing I upgraded on my bike besides my frame. It's very reliable and very cheap! You could pick one up for $15. I used an XTR and I broke it the day I used it. Bottom Line: If you want something cheap that is light and reliable, get the Sram 5.0. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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peter
a Cross Country Rider
from houston, tx
Date Reviewed: June 6, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Shimano alternative. | | Weaknesses: | Seems soft. | | Similar Products Used: | XT | | Bike Setup: | Ellsworth | | Bottom Line: | This cassette is showing significant wear in less than 300 miles. Have had to straighten a couple of teeth. I ran my last cassette for 1500 miles (XT), and am replacing this one after 300-hope chain will cooperate. Love SRAM chains. Would love a durable, reasonably priced non-Shimano unit. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Cosmo Catalano
a Weekend Warrior
from Dartmouth College
Date Reviewed: May 10, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$19.00 | | Purchased At: | jensonusa | | Strengths: | Light, Cheap, Strong | | Weaknesses: | The name value. it says SRAM 5.0 on it. Most cruisers spec with bigger name parts | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano HG-50 (im guessing thats Deore Level) XT | | Bike Setup: | Gary Fisher X-Cal with excellent components bought on sale or salvaged from junkyards | | Bottom Line: | This is a sweet cassette. If you say this flexes, youre on crack. Its made of STEEL. Not hollow flexy Reynolds 593 tubes like a Cromally bike, but solid steel plates. This thing is dirt cheap, out performs shimano and allows all the people who got XT 8 speed deraillers of old Cannondales in junk yards and LX 8 speed shifters off ebay for mad cheap to ride on a shiny, new, and most of all cheap cassette that shifts smoother than Don Juan at a nyphomaniac convention. Sram put shimano to shame with this thing. Its lighter than everythign except a $150+ XTR. Too bad I can only give 5 chillis | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alan
a Cross Country Rider
from Salt Lake City, UT
Date Reviewed: April 11, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Wsatch Crest or Porky Rim | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Nashbar | | Strengths: | Inexpensive, lightweight, and shifts great. | | Weaknesses: | You can't say you've got XTR | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano XTR | | Bike Setup: | Y-22 | | Bottom Line: | This cassette is about as light as XTR for about half the money and it works great. I haven't had any "flexing" problems (noted by one of the other reviewers)...it must be my smooth, round, pedal stroke! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
rafi julius
a Cross Country Rider
from ISRAEL
Date Reviewed: November 28, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$19.00 | | Purchased At: | jensonusa | | Strengths: | give you 9 speed performance on 8 speed, on a very low cost | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | xt 8 | | Bike Setup: | full xt 8 except this cassette | | Bottom Line: | 38 t with 8 speed - what else is there to say: no flex or worn problems in 6 mounth - 3500 km mainly of road use. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
AnonyMoose
a Cross Country Rider
from Alaska
Date Reviewed: October 29, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Johnson Pass | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$22.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson USA | | Strengths: | 8 Speed (8 Speed rules my world)
11-32 tooth gear range - wide range for a versitile ride
Inexpensive
Light weight - For you weight weenies - Mine weighed about 285 grams.
Durable - It has lasted one season with only a little wear to the chrome finish.
Shifts better than a 9 speed XTR/Rapidrise setup that I had the opportunity to adjust and test for a friend this summer. | | Weaknesses: | Maybe the jump from the 26t to 32t is a bit wide, causing slightly slower shifting (a few fractions of a second?), but it shifts up every time, even under heavy pedaling pressure.
Somewhat flexy. Don't worry, it won't flex into your spokes... Flexyness to the fingers doesn't seem to translate under chain pressure. I have had no problems with shifting performance, so I am absolutely unconcerned. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano 7 speed (IG) Cassettes
Shimano 8 Speed (HG) Cassettes | | Bike Setup: | I have several bikes using them.
Jamis Dakar Expert (FS)
Xero Flux Hardtail (STEEL IS REAL!) | | Bottom Line: | Considering the price to weight and performance ratio, I say it's one heck of a deal! I bashed mine all summer, climbing alot of long hills, and then decending fast. The 5.0 works great for the "chutes and ladders" I like to ride. I also started taking more drops, and scrambling over more rocks and the like (putting gouges in my cranks and chiping a front sprocket tooth) and I don't remember ever having any shifting problems during these more aggressive situations. The only shifting problems I did have were related to my shifters and front deraileur, not my cassette. Basically the cassette was transparent, to wit, I never noticed it because it was not a problem.
I liked it and give it a 5 star rating for value and performance.
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Submitted by
Brett
a Cross Country Rider
from central MA, USA
Date Reviewed: October 28, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Nashbar/JensonUSA | | Strengths: | Price
Gear range (11-32) | | Weaknesses: | Cheap
No spider so gears flex like crazy under hi torque--can flex the large cog into the spokes by hand! | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano XT 11-30 | | Bike Setup: | Rocky Mtn Blizzard/XT/RaceFace/Bomber | | Bottom Line: | This cassette is fine if you aren't doing technical riding. You can get 2 of these for the price of a Shimano. But you get what you pay for and I won't be buying this ever again. The Shimanos have a spider which all the larger cogs mount to. This greatly improves the strength of the cassette. This thing has all the cogs going the distance to the hub. So the larger ones flex noticably under torque and seem to be causing me all kinds of drivetrain problems. Gotta be the cassette because everything else is new (including the cassette) and derailleur and hanger are both dead on. I bought an XTR cassette and am preparing to test it out ASAP. This problem never happened with the Shimano cassettes. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Thorsteinn Broddason
a Cross Country Rider
from Iceland
Date Reviewed: October 24, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Strengths: | Light, durable, easy to clean, price (note XT 8sp costs about $75 here) | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Similar Products Used: | Sun race, shimano LX, XT | | Bike Setup: | Alu hardtail, Manitou X vert, Avid sd 7, Truvative Team stylo crankset, XT hubs, der. and BB, Sram 5,0 cassette and pc59 chain | | Bottom Line: | Great 8sp cassette. I will not change to anything else, from now on. the ease of cleaning is something that gives my drivetrain extra long lifetime. I ride in a muddy terraine, and being able to take the cassette apart for cleaning is a great advantage. been trough one drivetrain this year, and halfways through the next which is relatevly good for over 2000km of riding, mostly offroad. Have allready ordered two more of this product, to use next year. I have probably been using 5.0 I, but if 5.0 II is better I will be more than happy | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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