It’s been mention in other threads, but I’m hoping to start a tread specific to the noise people are experiencing with the Force Cassette, and solution that have made the problem better. I just upgraded from a wheel on trainer to a direct drive Saris H3. This means that it is super quite, and the o…

Yep, the b-limit won’t change from wheel to trainer. But the indexing might change a bit, you may want to try fine tuning that to see if the helps.

Similar issue. I just built up a new Tarmac frame-set with all brand new eTap Red. Everything is perfect, except when I’m running in the middle of the cassette (the middle 3 gears). I hear a noise coming from the cassette that I can’t figure out. Thought it was the front dr rubbing the chain, …

I had the noise issue on my new Venge with Force groupset. I bought the replacement Force stealth rings (two sets of the existing three rings) and fitted them in the remaining gaps leaving the gaps between the largest cogs without them. Cassette noise is now totally gone when in the smallest nine co…

Hey boss - I am having this issue too. It is not clear to me in your picture what you did/what has changed. Can you break it down for my untrained eye?

any chance you have a link for the “stealth rings”?

I got mine through my local bike shop, they ordered directly from SRAM. They are hard to find online, but I did find this link. Noise reduction rings kit Sram Stealth for Force AXS XG-1270 cassette LordGun... Noise reduction rings kit Sram Stealth for Force AXS XG-1270 cassette from $ 9…

Same issue here with Sram Force AXS. coming from Dura-Ace 9000 Mechanical I decided to venture into Wireless shifting and disc brakes, the cheaper option nowadays is a complete bike. New Scott Addict with Force AXS, on the first ride the noise from the rear cassette was awful, put it down to adjustm…

Hi Jesse - did the SRAM rep you talked to mention anything about performance loss associated with the noise?

Taking my bike into the shop next week to have them tune it since I first got it. Can you send me the videos youre talking about so I can send it to them so they have reference material?

No, they didn’t. There is some efficiency loss from the noise, after-all sound is mechanical energy. I would suspect that the loss is fairly small. Interesting question!

SRAM Force AXS Cassette Noise Issue

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JesseFortson June 1, 2020, 3:42pm 13

I got mine through my local bike shop, they ordered directly from SRAM. They are hard to find online, but I did find this link.

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