bram.biesiekierski
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I might look into the sensah. I went with box prime for similar reasons. It was a cheap, steel groupset. I paid AUD $250 for a complete Box 2 group. Which is a bargain basement prices IMO.After chewing up a couple of SRAM cassettes, especially the smaller cogs due to lack of chain wrap and high torque and speed thrills. I came to the same conclusion as above but having dealt with IGH's in the past and knowing the cost of entry into that world, as well as complexity, I decided to just go ghetto and sourced the cheapest 1:1 system I could find which is made by Sensah. Steel cage derailleur, all steel cassette 10/50 in 11spd. 1:1 was important because I run grip shift but they make their own shifters which to me are clunky but I would imagine any SRAM shifter would work as well lined with compatible speeds. But the steel was what I was after damn the weight which I didn't notice at all. The SRAM derailleurs I had both were sloppy in the lower cage I thought and wondered if that had some effect on the skipping. The steel cage derailleur feels much more firm when tugged on and although it lacks a clutch it seems to be holding up just fine and provides consistent shifts.
I've got about 400 miles on this now and it really seems to outperform the stock SRAM Eagle that came on the bike by enough so that I think I'll just stick with it. Still working well in the small cogs unless I really get after it trying to do 25mph up to the trail head and have to back off to 23.....
For the bargain basement entry cost of under $200 all in the cassettes are like a $40/50 replacement part or about as much as a good chain which is always worth spending some $$ on. I know that some put a big ? beside anything that is considered to be "cheap" but sometimes it works for someone at least.
I also bought a Box 3 group at the same (for about AUD $200), aswell as a few chains, and master links etc.
So I can swap the cassette and chain out and keep on going for now. But it won't stop it from happening again in another 100kms.