can i put any cassette on my bike

[geordie vader]

hi everyone

i have just replaced the chain on my bike and it keeps jumping so i gather i am ready for a new cassette aswell.
the question i have is this,,,,,if i have shimano xt rear derallieur do i have to put an xt or shimano cassette on,,,chain reaction are selling a brilliant cassette with great reviews for a brilliant price but its sram,,,can i run this with xt

 

[Mark_Robson]

In a word yes.
Oh and welcome to the site BTW

 

[HLaB]

Sram no problem, I run Sram on two of my bikes that have shimano. Campagnolo stuff is incompatible though but you are not looking at that.

 

[MontyVeda]

as long as you've got a cassette player... yes

 

[subaqua]

as long as you've got a cassette player... yes

Hmmm wonders if a CD could have the centre hole drilled out to act as a spoke protector thingy.

 

[geordie vader]

hi. thanks for the welcome

did you mean yes i have to put a shimano cassette on or yes i can put a sram cassette on

thanks again

 

[Banjo]

You can use Sram in place of Shimano.

The cassettes are measured by the number of teeth on the smallest and largest cog such as 11/25 12/32 etc a sram one with the same number of teeth as the old shimano one will be ok.

 

[gannet]

I've just had to do the same - put a new cassette on after changing the chain - Chain Reaction had a fantastic deal on the cassette I got, so I bought 2!

Mine was a straight SRAM SRAM swap though...

-- Gannet.

 

[byegad]

You don't need to fit XT just because that came off. I use the HG50 the cheapest of the range after bending the teeth on a higher spec and much more expensive cassette.

 

[geordie vader]

thank you all very much for the help, its much appreciated, and i also have a lovely cd as a spoke protector too