Well, that is better than the last time I saw Sunrace stuff. There was a link from the side bar here last year, and the rear derailleur, cassette, and chain were in the SRAM X0 price range if I remember correctly.
Really impressive for $28. Haven't real world tested, but appears to be nice quality. Only 5 grams more (yeah, I know the zip tie adds like a gram) than the 1070.
Wonder if it would work with a SRAM Wolftooth cog? Or would it require a Shimano cog? I have no way of knowing if the shift ramps are more Shimano or SRAM like.
So, to answer the Wolftooth question... sort of. The Sunrace physically fits on there seemingly the same as the PG-1070 with the Wolftooth SRAM GC. It seems to seat properly. The 17t is removable without knocking out any pins also. Without peddling/shifting it I don't know if there is some alignment I don't know of that would make it not work.
To me, it looks a lot more like an XT rear cassette than SRAM. It's hard to tell from the pic, but I guess you'd have to compare shift ramps to see if it behaves more SRAM like or Shimano like?
(I'm not also not certain what the differences are between the Shimano and SRAM Wolftooth GC's)
I got mine on Friday and it looks really good for the price. Actually it looks pretty good for $48 cassette too. A quick ride around the block and everything seemed to shift just fine (with a Shimano XT rear derailleur and chain). It is also 10 grams lighter than the SLX cassette I have, which really means nothing to me but I thought I'd mention it.
Know nothing of Sunrace, and am just wondering aloud here...
Could it be with 1 x 11's entering the MTB arena, that 10-spds have become the red-headed stepchild?
Sunrace is a component company from Taiwan, most of their stuff has been found on department store and some lower end LBS bikes. However they do make better product that seems to be well made. Even Shimano started at the bottom so you never know.
Anyone who has this and an XT cassette care to measure the width difference of the largest cog groups' spider? Just wondering how much narrower this is, as it appears only two gears on the largest cog group vs. 3 on the XT cassette. Just thinking if this will be suitable for my alu freehubs
i can get you those measurements tomorrow according to my tracking when my sun race cassettes show up. i am thinking though that even the 2 cog carrier should be fine since even 4mm base SS cogs are usually ok on aluminum and the sun race carrier is likely to be more than that.
I ordered this up, but a friend told me I need a solid carrier for the Hope hubs I had ordered, so I'm shipping back to Amazon today. Just a heads up to any others that might run into this situation. I'm still learning about this stuff.
The sunrace actually has the two biggest cogs on one spider, but then a second spider with 3, so 5 solid mounts...not too bad. The PG-1070 only has 4. The AL. will probably take some wear regardless of what you use. If you're really worried about tearing up your freehub, you might want to consider switching it out for the steel version: Hope Pro 2 Freehub Body | Chain Reaction Cycles
I measured my xt cassette's largest (3 cog) spider at about 11mm wide. I'm not overly concerned but will probably put the sunrace to use on my wheels with steel free hubs to stay safe. Hopefully no problems with KMC chains and this will prove an awesome buy.
Finally was able to compare the SunRace to SRAM and Shimano. The shift points/ramps definitely seem Shimano-ish to me. Time to see if WTC will exchange me for a Shimano GC.
Bumping an old thread here. Did any of you figure out how the 40t Shimano GC works with this cassette as well as the 16t? Long story short I'm building a Jekyll for my father and ordered a Shimano GC for his SRAM cassette, but still have the new Sun Race cassette laying around that came stock on the Jekyll. I'm more concerned on the 16t more so than the 40t. Thanks!
I know the thread was resurrected for different reasons, but if anyone else is looking for a dirt cheap 11-36 ten speed cassette, the Shimano HG-50 is 12.99 at jenson, which is about as cheap as youll find. I believe mine weighed in around 380g or so, but hard to argue for the price.
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