WTB: Shimano 8 speed Hyperglide cassette - ideally Dura Ace

Hi there,
Anyone got a Hyperglide 8 speed cassette surplus to requirements? Light as possible, VGC, Dura Ace would be great, let me know!
Cheers

I think a Dura Ace one would be a rare beast. 8 speed Dura Ace was mostly Uniglide. What's your hub? Shimano made a crossover hub which could be fitted with both Uniglide and Hyperglide cassettes.

I've personally handled more DA 8 speed cassettes than 8 speed Uniglide though not many of the former in any case. the HG 8 speed was manufactured from '92 -'94, the 8 speed uniglide was made for such a short space of time due to transitioning to Hyperglide very quickly that I can't see them making that many at all just on production years alone.

All the 105/600 Ultegra (tri colour) and DA 7400 8 speed series hubs that I've had/seen that were designed to take Hyperglide did have the Uniglide threading on them as well. AFAIK it was only into the (1996) 5500/6500/7700 series that the Uniglide threading disappeared from the bodies.

@coot The Shimano 8 speed DA hyperglide wasn't particularly light as all the sprockets were nickle plated steel, I had the DA 8 speed in 12-26 flavour and it was heavy by modern standards, I also had a Campagnolo fit 'special' in 8 speed that had some alu sprockets, my 13-30 was significantly lighter than the Dura Ace 8 HG despite the bigger cogs.

Here's an 8 speed Uniglide with some ally sprockets (made by Marchisio) that give you a good range/bottom gear and would shave a few grams over the stock Shimano 8 speed https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/202752577061?hash=item2f34fece25:g:GgQAAOSw0eNdTDZg

Indeed, but hopefully not too rare...it’s to replace / take the load off a DA one I have that moves between a DA 7403 hub (uni- and hyperglide) and a 6402 hub (which is also uni- and hyperglide). Partly thinking the hyperglide is generally a better system / more future compatible (even though I live in the past, bike-wise). Also it’s running on a 7400/10 groupset so I think 26 is more or less as high as it should go top sprocket. Interested to hear what anyone might have to suit / to correct me if I’m wrong of course...

Interesting, thanks @Mr_Bump - I think the 30 top would be a problem though. I had wondered that re: weight - I’m sure I’ve seen some that are drilled also...but I’m not so weight-obsessed tbh, if only I was that good a cyclist it would make a difference.

I've got various NIB uniglide cassettes. I would like to get top money for them, to pay for some travel plans. I could weigh them for you if you like. I reckon they ought to weigh more than hyperglide ones because HG are cut out more, if you see what I mean, so the chain can run on two sprockets at the same time to enable a smooth change. Which I think was the point of HG. I reckon UG ones ought to last a lot longer. But I'm not exactly an engineer.

Thanks for this @nick_h. - think I’m going to stick with HG if possible...