Just found pics of the new Saint group. I'm really liking it it has a very cool look and they say it is a lot lighter!
Check it out.
TractionMag
Check it out.
TractionMag
New Shimano Saint!
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wow, that is looking nice! sign me up, when will it be available?
Yeah not a fan of the appearance of those cranks at all.
I dig it.
Love the Angular look, looks sorta like the stealth fighter was an inspiration.
I like the look of the crank...wonder what it weighs compared to the XT.
Looks killer! I was a fan of the first gen Saint (cranks, brakes, shifter at least) and the new stuff looks like a big improvement all around.
I like the rear dérailleur and brake levers, the calipers and shifters look, well, wrong.
where have you been? I have a set of 165 saints that I bought just over a year ago... (granted they are the triple version)
Anyone else notice the return of 4-pot calipers? That plus servo-wave should add up to some swank brakes. I really like my new-style XTs.
I am not a big fan of the gold though.
I am not a big fan of the gold though.
yea held the new brakes in my hands last week. awesome. not that much heavier then the single pot saints i've been running.
i wonder if the trigger is 2 step release like XTR or if it only gets one click.
I dig the look of the XT/ Saint levers, but never been a fan of 'servo-wave', seems like a bit of over engineering. I remember their XT and XTR vbrake levers running a roller bearing that would slide towards the pivot as the brakes engaged, increasing leverage. I wasn't into it then either.
for the 770 XTs it works more like a pad contact adjustment. It does give you a bit more leverage but you can set it up to be linear rather than progressive. Perhaps the hot ticket will be XTR levers with Saint calipers a la Ultimate Codes. 
Sick rear derailur cranks just look stupid
I like the text going along the side of the cranks but on my saints the paint has rubbed off on that area because of foot positioning, so it wouldn't last that long 
edit: why couldn't saints get the cool black/silver look from slx/saint
edit: why couldn't saints get the cool black/silver look from slx/saint
looks super nice, any idea of release date?
awesome stuff!!
hope the dérailleur is closer to a road dérailleur then a mtb dérailleur, so that the jockey wheel is really close to the cassette, and not about two links further in front. (what ever that dimension is called)
bye bye sram attack- shimano 105 combo, hello saint!!
edit: woohoo!!
hope the dérailleur is closer to a road dérailleur then a mtb dérailleur, so that the jockey wheel is really close to the cassette, and not about two links further in front. (what ever that dimension is called)
bye bye sram attack- shimano 105 combo, hello saint!!
edit: woohoo!!
gravity slaves said:
Any weight loss is awesome on such a burly set of cranks.
Cool! Just like the old 755s. I've used those for probably eight years or so and haven't found anything I like better. I e-predict these will be great.
Also, notice that the shifter have some side to side adjustability on the perch?
i think i just found my next crank set.
Nobody comments on how odd it is that the new brakes are two peice after years of Shimano commenting about the benefits of a single peice caliper?
wish the cranks dropped more weight... since it will still be the only 83mm Shimano crank, or did I miss something?
I'm disappointed in them being 2 piece, I'd rather have one piece forged and machined than 2 pieces held together with a multitude of heavy steel screws. Understand the engineering/manufacturing difficulty, though...
Have to say, from a group perspective this looks amazing. Lets hope that they don't throw in that *one* monkey wrench as they've done in the past (RR rear dérailleur, 32/32 cranks, etc).
It appears they're taking graphic/color cues from SRAM.
in other Shimano news a 2 ring specific front derailler in the SLX group
http://www.velonews.com/photo/74817
http://www.velonews.com/photo/74817
my 07's look so much better
why do i feel like i'm flashing back to the 80's with this design. it's like RunDMC and jeff spicoli were on the design team.
I don't know. Are you tripping on acid?
