PSA about Garbaruk cassettes with the bolt on aluminum pie plate- they’ll sell you the aluminum piece separately if you ask. I got an 11-46 with two extra 46s (gold Jerry! Gold!) and I think they charged $30 each.
Also, don’t use their supplied aluminum lock-ring. Everyone I know (including me) that’s used them has had it loosen during riding (resulting in some comical scoot-bike action to make it home.) Swap it for any big-S lock ring and accept the 7 gram penalty.
Given the all-steel unibody and swappable pie plates I expect this to last me at least two years of pedaling (XX1 chains swapped possibly too early, but whatever- keep the expensive cassette happy right?) Now if I could just get my broken leg to knit a little faster I’d be putting some real hours into this thing….
June 1, 2022, 7:38 a.m. - Devin Zoller
PSA about Garbaruk cassettes with the bolt on aluminum pie plate- they’ll sell you the aluminum piece separately if you ask. I got an 11-46 with two extra 46s (gold Jerry! Gold!) and I think they charged $30 each. Also, don’t use their supplied aluminum lock-ring. Everyone I know (including me) that’s used them has had it loosen during riding (resulting in some comical scoot-bike action to make it home.) Swap it for any big-S lock ring and accept the 7 gram penalty. Given the all-steel unibody and swappable pie plates I expect this to last me at least two years of pedaling (XX1 chains swapped possibly too early, but whatever- keep the expensive cassette happy right?) Now if I could just get my broken leg to knit a little faster I’d be putting some real hours into this thing….