Talk:Cassette (bicycle part)

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[edit] Merge, rename

Should freewheel (bicycle part) and cassette (bicycle part) have separate articles be merged into a new article? They both discuss the rear cogset or cluster of a derailleur systems. But If so, what should the new name be? Cogset or cluster? --Christopherlin 21:17, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Oppose: A freewheel includes the ratcheting system where as a cassette does not. Cassette using system have the ratching in the hub or bottom braket (latter is rare)--Ray 01:54, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Well, freewheel opens with "An earlier design of a cogset", and casettte opens with "It is a later development of a cogset." Threaded and threadless headsets, for instance, are discussed in the same article. --Christopherlin 02:43, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Support: OK I am fickle. Having one page for freewheels and cassettes makes sense as long as they explain the differences. I would suggest having cassette as the main page with freewheel re-directed to it. Many more folks in the US know cassette more than freewheel. --Ray 11:16, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Merge finished. --Christopherlin 14:54, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

i feel like a bit of a dumbass, but i think that this article is a bit hard to understand if you don't have a familiarity with mechanical things and how they work...

Lequis 21:43, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Well, I suppose it's a little late but I oppose this. A freewheel is not a subset of cassette so it makes little sense to have them on the same page under the name cassette. If there is a name under which both mechanism fall then it might make sense to have them on the same page otherwise they should be split again. gren グレン 22:48, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hyperglide vs others

Powerglide II (SRAM), Openglide (SRAM), Ultra-Drive (Campy) are all the 'same' as hyperglide. Mentioning just hyperglide is biased. I imagine that I am missing others from smaller cassette makers (american classic, sampson?). The question is should the section be rewritten to mention ALL of the different types that I and others can think of, or should it not mention any others. At the very least it should not single out Hyperglide as ALL(?) other cassette makers have a similar approach. If Shim@no was the first (and this can be cited) I see no problem with mentioning that they were first. Thoughts??? Ender8282 (talk) 00:20, 3 April 2008 (UTC)