"Belij3" <
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> I know the largest 5 cogs are mounted on a carrier. Can they be taken
apart and
> function as individual cogs with spacers? 12-32 steel 12-28 11-30 12-32
Look more closely. They would "function as individual cogs" in some manner I suppose (maybe wind
chimes??) but they won't engage the splines of your cassette body without the spider.
For a nice shifting light weight cassette, take a look at the SRAM stuff. We use a lot of them,
especially 9-speed on Phil cassettes in Campagnolo bikes. Cogs may all be mixed and matched for
custom gearing as there is no spider.
The weight penalty, if that concerns you, is still there. All the below are nine speed 34t complete
with lockring* Spidered cassettes are 240g XTR* and 290g SRAM-9. Separate cog/ no spider models
range from SunRace 385g through LX 375g down to SRAM 7 at 325g. Not too much penalty and you get to
swap cog sizes if you wish. Cheaper too.
*I weighed all of them except the XTR which I did not have today, the 240g data is from the 2003
catalog. I chose 34t because I had a selection to weigh in that size.
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