"David Ornee" <
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> "Chris Zacho "The Wheelman"" <
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> > Shimano thinks that we, as mere lowly bicyclists, are not smart enough to realize that the
> > larger tab on the cogs goes into the larger notch on the freehub body, so they rivet them all
> > together. That way we'll get them all on in the right position.
> >
> > Other than that, the rivets serve no useful purpose, except possibly to further discourage
> > customizing your cog set, which I still thoroughly believe is the primary purpose of
> > "Hype"glide.
> >
> > But that's JMHO...
> >
> > May you have the wind at your back. And a really low gear for the hills! Chris
> >
> > Chris'Z Corner "The Website for the Common Bicyclist":
http://www.geocities.com/czcorner
> >
> Chris, I disagree with your assertion about the lack of usefulness of rivets. The rivets tie
> together the cogs and therefore help spread the load on the cassette body. Chris King specifies,
> like American Classic, that you must use this type
of
> cassette with their aluminum freehub bodied hub. There are many comprimises involved to save
> weight. This is a small one. David Ornee, Western Springs, IL
Plus you can get the nicer ones with a carrier for the larger gears that save even more weight. With
5 or 6 gears, picking hte right gears to put on probably made a big difference. With 9 (or now 10),
there really isn't going to be that much difference between cassettes, besides the starting and
ending gears. The gears between are reasonably and closely spaced, which means unless you wanted to
go hybrid style and put a shimano "megarange" cog on there, you'd only be able to change the cogs by
a tooth, MAYBE two, anyway.
Jon Bond