Anyone used SRAM 9.0 cassettes? Any good?

Or should I just stick to what I know (XT)?

I've got one of each, and can't tell the difference when riding. XT tends to be cheaper to buy though.

my next cassette will be SRAM, purely for the fact it's not shimaNO! :)

Used both, no real difference, found SRAM cheaper.....

Avoid them like the plague. I've had a couple of SRAM 9.0 cassettes and they wear really quickly. I dislike the big S as much as the next man but I've got to say that their cassettes are better.

I've got a SRAM cassette and the shifting is as tight as ShimaNO! but somehow I don't think it looks as good.......

Hi,
Got a SRAM 9.0 and It is as good as Shimano in every way. Shifts vey very very slightly slicker even with my esp 7.0 rear mech and PC99 (SRAM all the way baby).

To my eyes it looks lot better than the XT - looks better made too and is even fractionaly lighter. But none of that actually makes a difference on the track.

I only buy them when I find them cheaper than XT, which sometimes happens. Why not try the 7.0 cassette?

Shimano all the way>
I don't buy from patent infringers. It's the same as buying stolen goods

Because Shimano has never ever copied anyone elses ideas.........

Incidentally, unless you are in Germany that statement is also libellous, since Shimano haven't been able to show patent infringement in any other country.

Yet.

To my knowledge Shimano has never been successfully sued for patent infringement.

Also it's the 2nd time SRAm is involved in patent infringement. they bought RockShox who was using Answer Products (manitou) patents on the sly.

Once is a accident, twice....

Pretty sure Shimano tried to sue Sram over some other Patent infringlement which they had to drop because Sram showed that Sach/Sedis had bought the Patent in 1917 so Shimano's Patent infringed on that one rather than the other way around.

Like the man said Shimano have only been able to prove it in Germany and nowhere else so that shows how fragile their grounds are.

'Also it's the 2nd time SRAm is involved in patent infringement. they bought RockShox who was using Answer Products (manitou) patents on the sly.'

Right. So SRAM buy a company that infringed another companies patent (This having occured before SRAM bought it) and its SRAM's fault?
In that case I'd avoid using Shimano stuff too. It a Japanese owned company and consider WWII. That must be their fault.

ran both an 9.0 and a 7.0 and there fine, no problems with either of them, run a sram chain aswell have used a PC 5, 6 and 9 and there all good, no need for ShimaNO.
happy shifting