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This site includes a more detailed technical page about Shimano Cassettes.

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7-speed Cassettes | 8-speed Cassettes | 9-speed Cassettes | 10-speed Cassettes

Capreo® | Chains | Individual Loose Cogs/Customizing | Spacers | Freehub ® Bodies | Thread-on Freewheels

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It is generally good practice to replace your chain when you install a new cassette. We recommend SRAM (Formerly Sachs (Formerly Sedis)) chains to our Web customers. Click here for details.
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7-speed:

Standard Shimano 7-speed Cassettes:
Part
Number
SeriesPriceCodeSprocketsWeight
New!
CS725
HG-41
Silver
$19.95 buy buttonN/A11131518212428226 grams
CS728HG-50
Black
$31.95 buy buttonL12131415171921220 grams
CS730HG-50
Black
$31.95 buy buttonE12141618212428301 grams
CS732HG-50
Black
$31.95 buy buttonI13141517192123262 grams
CS733HG-50
Black
$31.95 buy buttonH13151719212326311 grams
CS735HG-50
Black
$31.95 buy buttonM13151719212428328 grams
CS737HG-50
Black
$31.95 buy buttonG13151720232630328 grams
CS738HG-50
Black
$31.95 buy buttonK13151720242934405 grams
CS739HG-50
Black
$31.95 buy buttonF14161821242832360 grams

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Spacers

4.5 mm spacer to fit a 7-speed cassette onto a hub made for 8-, 9-, or 10-speed cassettes. CS004 $5.95 buy button

Shimano 9 Speed Cassette Spacers (for in between sprockets) 2.56mm CS009 $3.95 buy button

If your cassette has bolts holding the sprockets together, you will need to remove the bolts. They are not necesssary, only intended as a convenience for rapid cassette swaps.

Spacer Kits

Convert a 7- or 8-/9-speed Shimano Freehub to singlespeed

See our Singlespeed section

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8-speed:

Standard Shimano 8-speed Cassettes:
Note: The CS803 SRAM PG-850 is Shimano compatible
Part
Number
SeriesPriceSprockets
CS819HG51-8$29.95 buy button1113151719212428
CS823HG51-8$29.95 buy button1113151720232630
CS825HG51-8$29.95 buy button1113151821242832
CS827HG41-8$24.95 buy button1113151720232634
CS803SRAM
PG-850
$34.95 buy button1213141517192123
CS832HG50-8$41.95 buy button1314151719212326

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9-speed:

Note: Shimano 8- and 9- and 10-speed cassettes/hubs are fully interchangeable for wheels with steel Freehub bodies.
The only parts that are different in any important way between the 8- and 9- and 10-speed systems are the shift control levers.

Harris Cyclery Exclusive
Custom 9-speed Cassettes by Sheldon Brown:
(NOTE: These are the only custom cassettes we make. Please do not ask about making others.)
These cassettes are made entirely from genuine Shimano parts (except the 34t cogs, which are made by IRD), rearranged to offer gearing options not otherwise available.

Note that Shimano's capacity recommendations for their various derailers are very conservative. They can often be exceeded to a considerable extent. See my Bicycle Glossary's "Capacity" entry for a detailed explanation of this.

CS915 Big Dozen HG-61$79.95 buy button121314161821242832 DESCRIPTION
The "Big Dozen" is a good all-around cassette for wide-range systems with 46-48 tooth large chainrings.
High & WideSee the new Shimano HG-80 11-28t below111213141618212428
The "High and Wide" is a good choice for bikes with small rear wheels.
CS922 Century Special126.95 buy button131415171921242730DESCRIPTION
310 grams
The "Century Special" is our most popular custom cassette. It works with all modern derailers, even short cage models.
CS914 Century 12119.95 buy button121315171921242730DESCRIPTION
310 grams
By popular demand, 12-30 range. You give up the 14 of the Century Special for the 12.
CS923 Cyclotouriste 13$132.95buy button131517192124273034DESCRIPTION
CS925 Cyclotouriste 14$132.95 buy button141517192124273034DESCRIPTION
Our "Cyclotouriste" cassettes are an excellent choice for loaded touring bikes with full-sized chainrings, giving excellent climbing gears without sacrificing comfortable gear spacing for useless high end gears.

Standard 9 Speed Shimano Cassettes
Part
Number
SeriesPriceSprocketsWeight
CS913Ultegra 9$105.95 buy button121314151719212427224 grams
CS902HG-80 SLX$92.95 buy button111213141618212428230 grams
CS903HG-61$69.95 buy button111214161821242832287 grams
CS906HG-61$69.95 buy button111315172023263034290 grams
CS916AHG-61
12-36t
$69.95 buy button121416182124283236Designed for 29ers.
Makes a great touring cassette!
CS904M770 XT$119.95 buy button111214161821242832260 grams
CS905M770 XT$119.95 buy button111315172023263034264 grams
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Capreo 9-26 9-speed Cassettes $82.95  buy button

The Capreo hub/cassette is designed for bicycles with small drive wheels, typically folding bikes and recumbents.

The Capreo cassette is the only cassette that features sprockets smaller than 11 teeth. The sizes are:

91011131517202326
Note: Capreo cassettes are not interchangeable with other Shimano cassettes. They only fit Capreo Freehubs , and Capreo Freehubs only work with Capreo cassettes.

Click here for technical details of the Capreo system.

The Capreo cassette requires a special lockring tool...click here.

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10-speed:

Note: Shimano 8- and 9- and 10-speed cassettes/hubs are fully interchangeable for wheels with steel Freehub bodies.
The only parts that are different in any important way between the 8- and 9- and 10-speed systems are the shift control levers.

The 2004 Dura-Ace hub has an aluminum Freehub body, so it only works with 10 speed cassettes.

This is not true of the Ultegra 10 hub.

The Ultegra 10 will take any standard Shimano cassette.

Dura-Ace 10 cassettes have titanium sprockets from 18 teeth and larger.

10-speed cassettes have a recess built into the back of the big spider module, allowing them to fit farther onto the Freehub body than older cassettes. This limits the possiblities of customizing the ratios, because you can't install a flat sprocket behind the spider module...you run out of clearance at the other end if you try.


Standard Shimano Cassettes
Part
Number
SeriesPriceSprocketsWeight
CSX613Ultegra 10
6700 Series
$115.95 buy button 11121314151719212428238g
CSX149Tiagra 10
4600 Series
$45.95 buy button 12131415171921242730N/A
Harris "Century 12" Gearing in an affordable, stock 10 Speed Shimano Cassette!

The Ultimate 10-Speed Touring Cassette!

Designed for Shimano's Shadow technology Mtn Bike components, This cassette can be used on a touring bike
with a traditional Deore MTB rear derailleur by replacing the B tension screw with a 4mm x 20mm bolt.
We tested the set-up on a Gunnar with 105 STI 5600 levers and it shifted flawlessly!

Part
Number
SeriesPriceSprocketsWeight
CSX145SLX
HG81
$89.95  buy button 11131517192124283236364g

SRAM 10-speed Cassettes (for Shimano systems)
Forged alloy spider holds largest cogs
These wide-range touring cassettes require a long-cage (SGS) rear derailer, such as Deore, LX, XT, XTR

Affordable 10 speed cassette in 11-32 size!

Part
Number
SeriesPriceSprocketsWeight
New!
CSX228
PG-1050$89.95 buy button11121315171922252832299g
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11 tooth sprockets

Cassettes that feature an 11 tooth sprocket are intended to fit "C" (Compact) hub bodies only. The spline grooves in the 11 do not run all the way through (it wouldn't be strong enough if they did.)

These cassettes can be fitted onto older bodies two ways:

  • If you install a 1 mm spacer before the cassette, the cassette will fit, but the cassette will then be 1 mm farther to the right than it is intended to be. With most bikes, this won't be a problem, but if your frame has very tight clearance, or if you want to be able to interchange multiple rear wheels without having to re-adjust the derailer, this could be a problem.

  • You can convert an older Freehub body to work with "C" type cassettes by grinding off the outer corners of the splines so that the 11 can fit on far enough to hold the rest of the cassette in place.
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Loose Sprockets

We carry individual sprockets for Shimano cassettes, and can provide some sizes.
If you need a size that is not listed, Miche makes Shimano compatible cogs that are available from our Special Order Catalog

Although the Hyperglide ramps don't necessarily line up with non-standard sprockets, as a practical matter they tend to work just fine, even if they make a little click when you shift.

Note, in most cases, the smallest sprocket must have a built-in spacer, so, for instance, if you are converting 12-27 into a 13-32, you'll need to buy a new 13, even though the 12-27 comes with a 13.

The differences in thickness between 7-, 8- & 9-speed sprockets that don't have built-in spacers are so small that substituting 2 or 3 in a cassette won't have any affect on the indexing. Similarly, 8-speed top-position cogs work OK with 9-speed cassettes, even though the spacing is different, because the indexing for the smallest sprocket is regulated by the high-gear limit stop of the derailer, not by indexing of the shifter as with the other gears.

Individual Hyperglide Cassette Sprockets

Flat sprockets $9.95 each. buy button

First Position (Top cog) Sprockets. $19.95 each. buy button

For single speed applications, we also carry the BMX Freehub sprockets, which fit all Shimano Freehubs. See our Singlespeed Page.

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Freehub ® Bodies

We carry replacement Freehub ® bodies for Shimano cassette hubs.

7-speed bodies
Part#ModelSpeedsPrice11 Tooth
Compatible?
CS015STX-RC729.95 buy buttonYes
Notes:
  • "Silent Clutch" and pre '97 Dura-Ace Freehubs only take bodies specifically designed for them.
For fixed-gear conversion, we also carry the Surly Fixxer Cassette Hub Converter

Chains

It is generally good practice to replace your chain when you install a new cassette. We particularly recommend SRAM (Formerly Sachs (Formerly Sedis)) chains. Click here for details.

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