Road cassette with least amount of parts

[Tiny K]

I have a DT Swiss wheelset with a 105 11 speed cassette fitted. I've used it since around Nov '18 and after riding in the rain twice in the week before the World Funride Champs (and washed her well each time), it started making a noise last week - when I stripped everything (I got a little bit of grit in the mix), I noticed that the loose gears had started leaving indents in the freehub - I had bought it new before I started riding the wheelset.

 

The cassette has 3 or 4 gears grouped together and the rest are loose. I am wondering if there are any (affordable) 11 speed cassette's out there that have bigger groupings - like 4,4,1,1,1? I spend a lot of time mid-range on the back, so having a couple grouped together will spread the load across a few contact points rather than just one.

 

Obviously googling has yielded no results, so opening up to the knowledge base of the hub.

 

TIA

[MORNE]

on MTB at least this marring of the free body is normal and thats why the large cogs on XT level and up casettes are on Alu carriers..since they would cause the most damage due to torque involved. XT level cassettes have the big 6 gears on Alu spindles...with the rest as loosies. thats for a 10 speed. i recall reading somewhere that shimano does this a bit better than the other manufacturers, as in have more cogs on alu carriers per cassette...but dont quote me on that.

in general the more expensive cassettes have more cogs on alu carriers...and the cheaper ones less or none. SLX level mtb cassettes for instance also only have the 3 or so largest cogs on the carrier. Also, grease the freebody and make sure you get the cassette nice and tight on there without any play....as this will aggravate the issue further. 

 

edit: pics

[MORNE]

that or get a steel freebody for your hub if it exists...

[DieselnDust]

Affordable?

SRAM RED x dome xg1190

 

Affordability is relative

[MORNE]

for reference, this is how those work (as mentioned above)

but yea...cost

[Schnavel]

The red cassettes are in three pieces, 8,1,1 with the last two being the 11 and 12T.

 

Shop around on the hub, as they are 10 speed, they are occasionally going cheaply. I sold my old 10 speed red cassette for R500 not so long ago and it only had minor wear...

[MORNE]

https://www.bikehub.co.za/classifieds/328280-sram-red-1090-black-series-cassette-11-23/

[Tiny K]

Thanks guys - 11 speed required though 

[DieselnDust]

The 11 speed cassette has an aluminium lowest gear sprocket press fit onto the back otherwise conceptually its similar to the 10 speed power dome.

www.sram.com

Power dome x