SHIMANO HG-50-8-Speed Cassette

Installed on a 2006 Fuji NewestI purchased this cassette to rebuild a wheel set on my bike. The Shimano Sora was what came originally on my bike from Fuji, so this was an easy replacement. The cassette came nicely packaged and wrapped from Shimano. So far I have 200 miles on this cassette. The shifting is buttery smooth and the cassette still shines as if it were new about 4 months later. This is a great replacement for my bike and a good buy.

I am a road bike owner\rider that is well on in age. My use of the bike is generally for exercise putting in around 10 miles per session taking about an hour. It takes that long due to being situated on the side of what is loosely defined as a mountain in N.J. The terrain I cover climbs up a few hundred feet (3-5% ??)incline and then descends back down to a low point. So I spend a great deal of time pedaling up the hills and then riding down to the starting point of this effort. Speed ranges from a very low, well under 10 mph, to a high of the low twenties. End result, pretty good conditioning. My original cassette was an 8 speed 12-24 cog set It was good close to ten years ago when I bought the current bike. Now I found that my lowest gear(s) were taxing my knees a bit too much. Could still handle it but it wasn't wise. Therefore, the need for the listed cassette. I opted for the 11-32 device.Received the cassette, removed the chain, rear wheel and cassette with appropriate tools. If you never did this before there are plenty of online descriptions of how to do the job. Be sure to use appropriate tools as it will make it relatively easy and prevent butchery. Install of the new unit was easy once you pull the old one off. On the other hand you do tangle with the cassette, brakes and your derailleur system. You'll also need to properly adjust your shifters and probably replace your chain with a possible necessary length adjustment. In other words the bike will need some adjustments when you're done with the hardware change. Be ready for all this or think about your LBS for the job.As for the cassette itself, I just installed it and it seems fine. The SIS is working better than ever plus it matches my terrain of choice. Really like the overall change of gear ratios available. It changed the feel of the bike in a very positive way.Overall this all was a worthwhile effort at a very reasonable cost.

These were just what I needed for my Giant Protege bicycle.

I have a 2003 Klein road bike (manufactured by Trek during those years). The bike has been fitted with many different upgrades by the previous owner, but the cassette looked pretty worn.One of the benefits of using “lower level” bike components are quality options from quality brands at low prices. I’m very happy with this 8-speed cassette. Combined with a new KMC chain and shifting is majorly improved. Sure it doesn’t have 14 gears, but I’ve already put 24 miles on it since I installed it two days ago. It’s holding up fine. 👍

just an overall good product. what I needed to get that old Trek back on the road.

Traded for 2012 Trek DS8.3 at pawn shop a few months ago. OEM cassette was 11-32 HG31-8. Bike looked almost new but after a few greenway rides I noticed a click using middle ring and #2 cog. Went on trail and used small ring and #2 and it was much worse with chain constantly riding up the #1 cog and dropping back. Obviously cog was bent or defective. The 11-32 HG50-8 had exactly same gradation as OEM but has hard chrome surface instead of black anodize. It fit perfectly with derailler adjustments. It should be a bit better on wear. It shifts smoothly through all 8 cogs using all three rings. I have not been back to trails yet but I anticipate it will be great.

A 2016 Trek 1.1C is my first bike. It came with Shimano Claris components, a no-name compact crankset and a Sunrace 8-speed 11-28 cassette. I have a 0.5-mile 10% climb leaving home and a 0.5-mile 12% climb approaching home on the return. Though it is doable, this obligatory climb creates a psychological barrier every time I go riding -- "Do I really want to suffer this incline again at the end of my ride?" So replacing my original cassette with this Shimano 8-speed 11-32 was the solution. Installation was easy (there are some excellent youtube videos and you need to buy a cassette locking tool as well as a chain whip). Since I was going from one 8-speed cassette to another, nothing else needed to be changed out. Checked the gear indexing and everything was fine. (May be extending the chain by one additional link could be even better, but I was going to change the chain soon.) Quality-wise, the Shimano cassette is definitely better than the original Sunrace (this Shimano comes in just three pieces). I just took it out for a ride for the first time and the same incline now felt much easier. Not completely sure whether the original barrier was all in my head, but if a little over $20 solves my dilemma, why not?

Replacement cassette after the previous lasted 8 years and a couple thousand miles of commuting.