We took the standard cassette & turned it inside out! There are times when the simplest solution is the best one In the case of the new OG 1090 Cassette, simplicity also means elegance, efficiency, & performance We took up the challenge of re-engineering the cassette from a component made up of many parts down to strippeddown but exceptionally strong set of cogs that stick firmly to SRAM Red's core principles of light weight, higher efficiency, & maximized technologies The main cogset of the OG 1090 cassette is machined out of a single forged form that is heat treated & then shaped in a complex series of CNC-guided operations never before seen in this type of application This is truly a revolutionary design that will take you by surprise with its ingenious simplicity The sprockets themselves (including two free cogs) have all been designed with SRAM's proprietary Open Glide