I love the best value setup debates!
Skip the coated cable and go Shimano stainless. The coatings just come off in the housing and create a hot mess long before the stainless cable gives you trouble.
Around here I’ve been recommending the Deore cassette over XT or SLX. Shifting is the same/same and the all steel construction is a win for everyone winching up in those gears. I see plenty of Shimano and SRAM cassettes with worn out aluminum cogs and steel cogs with plenty of life left.
For you 11-speed setup I take the weight hit of the SunRace cassette. No aluminum cog and better jumps in the low gears.
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And that’s a hilarious point about tuning I hadn’t considered. Certainly it’s much more rewarding personally to tune a nice cable setup then set micro adjustment on AXS.
Sept. 24, 2021, 7:38 a.m. - Andrew Major
I love the best value setup debates! Skip the coated cable and go Shimano stainless. The coatings just come off in the housing and create a hot mess long before the stainless cable gives you trouble. Around here I’ve been recommending the Deore cassette over XT or SLX. Shifting is the same/same and the all steel construction is a win for everyone winching up in those gears. I see plenty of Shimano and SRAM cassettes with worn out aluminum cogs and steel cogs with plenty of life left. For you 11-speed setup I take the weight hit of the SunRace cassette. No aluminum cog and better jumps in the low gears. —— And that’s a hilarious point about tuning I hadn’t considered. Certainly it’s much more rewarding personally to tune a nice cable setup then set micro adjustment on AXS.