Need to know how good a xtr rapid rise rd-m951 rear derailure is for free ride and all mountain.
Is it a good product and whats a better product.
Is it a good product and whats a better product.
xtr rd m951 for free ride? yes or no.
- Thread starter bullcrew
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No, they won't shift if you're doing freeride or all mountain. You have to be specifically going up or going down for them to work. You can't have your cake and eat it too.
A better product is the Foes Weasel. They're pretty hard to find nowadays, but I sure would prefer to have one of those than an XTR derailleur.
A better product is the Foes Weasel. They're pretty hard to find nowadays, but I sure would prefer to have one of those than an XTR derailleur.
I had a Foes weasel yellow w/ a zyzzx bullit front fork back in the day.
bret to my knowledge never made a component. Just frames and back then he worked with a guy brent custer who made the shocks with King. (Not chris king)
I had the custer shock on my foes.
bret to my knowledge never made a component. Just frames and back then he worked with a guy brent custer who made the shocks with King. (Not chris king)
I had the custer shock on my foes.
... but only if you are running a "Durado." the dampening and brake dive built into the Durado combats the m951's tendency to jack the brake (similar to DW-Link AKA Horst Capacitor).
-rob in NY
-rob in NY
I found that the XTR M-9XX series all come as long cage for running triple ring in the front. This is great if you are running 3 cogs on the cranks. If you run a bash guard you don't need a long cage on the derailleur.bullcrew said:
A short cage is best for freeriding, I have ripped enough derailleurs of my big bike (Scream)to realize that the closer the cage is to the ground the greater the chance of impact.
Right now I am using a road derailleur,
On my light duty bike (Giant AC) I have an XTR M-9XX, i would not replace it for any thing other then a sram. It shifts so crisp, you need that when attacking climbes.
If you want bike candy and just got to spend some money, nothing wrong with that!
Then look at one of these from sram
made to run on shimano 9 speed.
Then look at one of these from sram
Sorry tassmen, it's quiet obvious that an Ultegra derailleur is a downhill unit, and would be incompatible with freeriding. The fact you installed one on your scream is currently causing major tectonic plate shift due to the world starting to spin backwards.
So it will work, the only drawback is it has a long arm.
You are correct!bullcrew said:
Yup and now I have this urge to ditch the baggies and dawn a full skin suiteRik said:
I should also mention the leg shaving I had to do just to get that Ultegra mounted. 
That's a whole lot more than I needed to know. A big thanks I appreciate the help.
Travis
Travis
Rubber side down
But what if you're wearing a rubber skinsuit? :eviltongu
Then I s'pose you deserve to be knocked down.
Then I s'pose you deserve to be knocked down.
Why don't they make any DH derailleurs? I know gearboxes and hone and saint, but what about a dura-ace for dh?
Thats a good point, it's ok for peddling and tooling around. But a MANS derailure is past due.