Cheap 12 speed Cassette

[EMTB Dude]

Just ordered a Brand X 12 speed cassette from CRC as I couldn’t resist it at £34.99.
RRP is £89.99 (61% saving)
Have I wasted my money?
Has anyone tried one?

 

[Spangoolies]

Not tried one but looks like a bargain that I wish I had seen before ordering a new linkglide 11 drivetrain. I’ve always been pleasantly surprised with the quality of brand x products in the past

 

[hijodeputa]

Put one on my Rail yesterday. Seems fine on the workstand, shifts fine etc. Taking it out later this morning, its a winner for that money so long as it shifts ok in my book

 

[RustyMojo]

Thanks for the heads up, I’ve ordered one

 

[hijodeputa]

Just got back, seems fine. Needed a bit of adjustment at the shifter but I was getting all the gears ok. Probably need to mess around with it a bit.

Pretty happy though, especially when subjecting it to the grinding paste I've just put it through, I shudder when I've got expensive cassettes at the noise, I can hear pound notes grinding away....

 

[steve_sordy]

@EMTB Dude Whose kit is your Brand X cassette working with?

 

[EMTB Dude]

Hi Steve, I’ll be using it with a SHIMANO SLX derailleur, shifters and chain with a Shimano E8000 motor.

 

[hijodeputa]

Shimano deore, its a Rail 5 so dead basic. Needed a cheap cassette to go on a spare set of wheels, does the job, is rubbing a bit in first/second but hope a bit of fettling should sort it.

 

[steve_sordy]

Hi Steve, I’ll be using it with a SHIMANO SLX derailleur, shifters and chain with a Shimano E8000 motor.

Thanks, helpful. I too have a Shimano transmission.
I should also have directed my question to @hijodeputa

 

[EMTB Dude]

Thanks all,
I’ll be fitting it on my spare wheel & not using it immediately, but will give feedback when I do.

 

[EMTB Dude]

Feedback so far after fitting the cassette & riding up a very steep tarmac road
Using with SHIMANO SLX 12 speed levers, derailleur and chain
Lovely smooth gear changes up and down
High tensile steel cogs
Chain doesn’t not drop off the cassette when pushing bike backwards in low gear
Torqued up to 40nm & nice and tight with no play
Indistinguishable performance from a Shimano cassette I normally use
I now need to go for a proper off road ride to fully test it

 

[maynard]

Shame they don't make these for xd hubs

 

[steve_sordy]

@EMTB Dude How is the Brand X cassette for rust? Any or none?

 

[EMTB Dude]

@EMTB Dude How is the Brand X cassette for rust? Any or none?

Good question Steve,
Always a bit apprehensive with heavily discounted gear.
I should be out riding in the next couple of days, so I’ll let you know how it is.
No idea if it’s coated or anything, but hoping it’s not a rust bucket.

 

[rzr]

i'll return to 11s on my Levo, way lighter and cheaper cassettes (11-46)
and XT M8000 mech is smaller