Breaking/bent teeth on Sram NX cassette. would upgrading help at all?
Hello, Thought i would ask and see what reddit thought.
at the beginning of this season i replacement my NX cassette (PG-1230) because some teeth were bent/broken and did think much of it but now i have bent a couple on the new cassette.
i understand that this is probably entirely caused by my poor shifting but i am a bigger dude(~200lbs) riding in the Toronto Don which is pretty intense ups and downs constantly. In other words its hard to shift well there.
I am definitely going to try and shift better from now on.
i have been wondering if it would make any difference at all if i were to try an upgrade to GX or if it would just make for a more expensive cassette replacment. do cassettes get stronger as you go up a grade or not in a way that would matter?
thanks
Posted Aug 30, 2021, 4:09 PM UTC
so two things, yes a stronger cassette such as the gx would last better, the nx is known for having low durability. But between the NX and GX levels of cassette the interface on the wheel changes, NX use cassette style whereas GX uses XD driver. In other words you cannot upgrade any higher with sram than an NX cassette without switching out your rear wheel
interesting so there might actually be a noticeable strength difference between the NX and GX. yes i have been reading about the upgrade and needing a the XD hub. seems like it is an additional ~100$CDN if i want to upgrade.
Ok well in that case id get a shimano Xt cassette