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High Quality Freehub Cassette

Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2016

This is a well made component and easy to install on my 1995 Specialized Rock Hopper. The only caution I have is to make sure your old gear ratios match the ones on the Freehub Cassette you're purchasing. Mine are a little lower (better for actual mountain biking) than the original, but then it was the only one available at the time. Be sure to purchase a new chain and check that other components are up to grade. You'll save a fortune doing this work yourself, but need to take the time to learn the process if you're not familiar with working on your bike. I would highly recommend this product based on quality and ease to install.

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Stephen Indvik

Nice product - poor customer service.

Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2017

Shimano HG50 cassettes are a very good value. Excellent for restoring vintage bikes. Unfortunately, VirVentures did not ship the size ordered. They shipped a 14-32 instead of a 13-30t. Well, VirVentures, I can tell the difference!

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High Quality Freehub Cassette

Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2016

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34T = the size of a dinner plate!

Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2015

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Looks good, just remember, a 34T is the size of a dinner plate. I'm using new FC-M430-L cranks with this, with a 22 front chain ring. I'm not even sure if I'm going to be able to balance with that combination of gears in action.
That being said, this has a good spread of sprockets, it's not one of those crazy Mega Gear ones where it jumps 5 teeth on the largest two sprockets, it's an even 3T spread all the way. I'm using it to upgrade an old 90s mountain bike to a touring bike and it'll be ideal for that, a good spread of gears with a stronger 7 speed chain. You'll likely need to modify your deralliuer though. The brand new Alivio one I'm using claims to be capable of 34 teeth. But I've had to change the spring tension on it so the pulley doesn't ride along the teeth of the 34 sprocket. This meant drilling a new spring hole in the mount plate then twisting the plate into position and using my third hand to push the retaining clip into place.

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Matthew Brown

Awesome Cassette!

Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2017

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I put this cassette on my MTB to replace an old worn out one, in hopes of doing some trail riding, and this does the job excellently! The low gear is great for climbing steep hills, and going over rough terrain, while the high gear is high enough to get some pretty serious speed on the downhill stretches, and it is not like some cassettes where it has 1 low gear, and then a big gap to the second lowest, it goes at regular intervals through the speeds.

Bottom line, I would highly recommend this for off-road riding, while it is really to low of a gear for road riding.

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Stephen Indvik

Nice product - poor customer service.

Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2017

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L. McDaniel

I'm disappointed in my investment

Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2015

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The cassette I ordered arrived without a lockring. Which is essential for installing the cassette onto my hub. I'm disappointed in my investment.

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GLF

Heavy but good for my older bike.

Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2017

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This went on my older backup mountain bike while my everyday bike is getting fixed. I had an old (new) HG chain sitting in one of my parts boxes so why not put the old bike together? It's nice to be running on new parts even when it's older bike technology. This cassette is a bit heavy compared to even an XT 10 speed. This fits older hubs. I think it will fit new ones but you would have to put a backing spacer in. But, concidering the extra weight why not just buy what fits your bike. I Took it out into the hills - works great and having fun. (Photo is of my bike on a rail trail)

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Barney

So far, so good

Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2014

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I weigh 184 lbs and frequently go off-road biking in wooded areas where there is deadfall, rocks, drops, etc.

On a cheap Pacific Cycle MTB that was equipped with a stock free-wheel I bent the rear axle three times over a period of only two weeks since purchasing the bike. The eventually permanent solution to the axle life problem was to replace the free-wheel with a free-hub. But in order to do that I also had to replace the entire set of rear sprockets too. Shimano has name brand recognition for quality. I couldn't go wrong with choosing Shimano over some other brand. And this CS-HG50 didn't cost much either.

No more bent axles since replacing the free-wheel with the free-hub, which was not possible without replacing the rear sprocket cassette also. And the Shimano CS-HG50 has since given me good service.

Tip: If this is your first and only Shimano Hyperglide component, don't stop there. Get the companion Hyperglide chainwheel (front sprocket) set and Shimano roller chain also. The combination of all three is claimed to improve hard (uphill) shifting while continuously loaded. The improvement in hard shifting is attributed to a slightly improved contour on the faces of the sprocket teeth, which is expressly made for Shimano roller chain.

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bobb

Brilliant Chrome

Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2016

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Worthwhile wait for the 9 days calendar shipping from vendor GAP30 of MI to CA, exact item CS-HG50 H 3579136 S, 13-26T 7S. 13-15-17-19-21-23-26. I was expecting silver but this is brilliant chrome, major blink, even the locking ring is chrome with a gray band. If you have a need to, the cassette can be disassembled and the individual cogs use as you desire, with some cassettes, the last 3 largest cogs are web-attached and cannot be used individually. This locking ring fits a final cog of 12/13T but is too big for a 11T. Oddly, this chrome cassette does CLUNG like my old UniGlide, instead of CLING like I used to of HyperGlides, same chain, same drivetrain.

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Phil

which were equipped with a freewheel type setup rather that I more modern and better freehub. Coming from a freewheel to now hav

Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2016

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I purchased this to put on my Trek fx 7.1 hybrid bike. I changed out the wheel set from the stock Bontrager rims and tires, which were equipped with a freewheel type setup rather that I more modern and better freehub. Coming from a freewheel to now having a freehub, it is like my bike is now like a whole different and much better riding bike. Before whenever I stood up and peddled like taking off from a stop sign, the chain would jump teeth and do all kinds of not good things on that freewheel. I've been riding with this freehub for the past couple of months and haven't had one bad experience.

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Randy

It's shiny.

Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2016

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I ordered the bike hand tool kit when I ordered this cassette. You will need the removal tool to get the old off and the new on. Installed on a 90's specialized hard rock. The smallest gear is separate from the others and can be replaced if needed. My old cassette had a 11 tooth and this one has a 12 tooth. I can tell the difference. Good thing is that it looks like I can put the 11 tooth on this new cassette if I want to. Took it for a test ride today. New cassette and new chain make it shift like a new bike.

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