I am building up a sunday, I got sram x9 on all my bikes but I hear xt is really good now days. Looking for suggestions....
BWAHAHA ... I bet that would have fit better on the azonic then the sunday, but just a guessKim forget all that. I still have the awesome shifter from my Ross Apollo 3, you know the sweet geat shift that sat on top of the split top tube....yours free!
yah not running an XT reraillur. Only like shimano's road stuff or id stick to my SRAM.I just snapped two XT derailers in 2 weeks
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No...They both work well. Pick the ones you like more aesthetically.
Yah funny how that is! I don't think I would trust all road stuff on my DH bike, and when I tried out drop bars it looked very funny HAHADesuL - couldn't agree with you more!
Spahman - after mt biking only for years, i just got into road riding about 2 years ago. I've been amazed at how well road components last. They seem to be more durable than mt bike stuff... wtf?
I dont think they had mountian bikes when I was in diapers I did run shamano forever (since 93) then switched to sram last year mainly becuse of the way the housing wire connected to the deraliur, but with the shadow it has changed all that.kim, i have been running shimano since you were in diapers and i still think its good stuff. i'm currently using an xt shadow rear deraileur with an old xt 8 speed shifter and an xt 8 speed cassette. the **** is flawless. also been running xt 4 pot brakes on both my bikes since they came out with them and haven't done anything more than change out pads and the occasional broken lever. don't even get me started on cranks.....sram designs are ugly IMO and the race face i've had were mediocre at best. i haven't spent much time on sram shifters, deraileurs etc...but never saw any reason to switch.
my two cents
spoke to soon...all this talk about fancing derailers... My back up derailer is a short cage 105 road derailer..
its lived the longest.
I've strait up landed on it trying a log ride and it still works fine!
its even tweaked a little and still shifts fine
don't plan on replacing it tell it gives it up
Hahahahahahaha, that was so unlucky.spoke to soon...
broke it saturday
I just happen to hit the only rock on the trail... that just happens to hit and own my derailerHahahahahahaha, that was so unlucky.