Originally Posted by
captam3r1ca
While a 50 tooth cassette does offer a lot of range, something about having a cassette the size of a road crank makes me cringe.
I cringe too, and I don't like my mountain bikes to be back-wheel heavy. IMHO, it's hard these days to beat Shimano in terms of value for the money spent. I look at SRAM every now and then, but just isn't worth it and I always end up back w/Shimano.