I was wondering if there is a cassette which does have similar sprockets to the ekar cassette but for shimano. So 40 or 42 largest sprocket but still 1 tooth jumps at the smaller sprockets.
The cassette is the worst part of the Ekar groupset. All those 1T jumps are at the most worthless part of the cassette. Also going from 9 to 10 is a huge jump compared to 12 to 13, so it gets even chunkier down at that end.
That said, don't most cassettes have small 1T jumps at the bottom? So wouldn't whatever brand 11-40 you get have that?
Weird, I absolutely love the EKAR cassette jumps, and other than the brakes think it is the best part of the groupset.
Once I dropped down to a 38T chainring from a 42T chainring, and switched to the 10-44 casette I find myself using those first 6 gears with 1 tooth jumps all the time. I spin out on downhills at 30mph, but at that point I start to think about how much it would hurt to crash and would rather coast anyways.
Very few wide range cassettes have 1 tooth jumps, most have 2 tooth jumps. I believe Rotor is the only other manufacturer that has 1 tooth jumps in their wide range cassettes, but only in their 12 and 13 speed cassettes.
