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- bicycle wheel
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- cycle sport
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- Cassetteandfreehub.jpg
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- Bicycle cassettes
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6 sectionsContents
- Freewheels
- Cassettes
- Number and width of sprockets
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thumb|10-speed bicycle cassette
On a bicycle, the cassette or cluster is the set of multiple sprockets that attaches to the hub on the rear wheel. A cogset works with a rear derailleur to provide multiple gear ratios to the rider. Cassettes come in two varieties, freewheels or cassettes, of which cassettes are a newer development. Although cassettes and freewheels perform the same function and look almost the same when installed, they have important mechanical differences and are not interchangeable.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “cogset” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.