The QUICK question thread.....

[The Duckmeister]

I'd rather not. I ride down, not up.

Real mountain bikers ride up hills.

 

[bear the bear]

Real mountain bikers ride up hills.

Ain't no shaming in the walking game either....
#hikeabike4life

 

[beeb]

Did a bit of both yesterday. Both sucked, haha.

 

[hifiandmtb]

Try 100m in a quarter of a km.

I've got something like one of those. Dinner plate almost needed, but I'm holding out...

 

[cokeonspecialtwodollars]

This was my Wednesday night ride, I'm still on 42 out back.

 

[pink poodle]

That’s why Jebus invented switchbacks.

He doth giveth...and taketh away. A long time ago some of my trails were converted to xc climbs. I remember bombing down one and not being able to understand why the corners didn't have berms! Obviously I have worked that out now.

 

[pink poodle]

Real mountain bikers ride up hills.

I heard they do both types of riding, up and down?

I do...just once to get the ball rolling. I don't really swing both ways.

 

[moorey]

Real mountain bikers ride both up and down hills.

FIFY. Word.

 

[CHEWY]

Brake levers
The servo wave in my SLX lever shit itself today. Is there a good lever assembly to upgrade to that won't fall to bits like the SLX?

 

[The Duckmeister]

Only step up is XTR, because XT use exactly the same bits as SLX.

What actually let go?

 

[moorey]

The company doing the major roadworks on the Highway near my place has a penchant for hiring attractive young ladies for traffic control. There was a 3 car pile up in a single lane 40kph section this morning, all P plate tradies in utes, right in front of one of said ladies.
Is there a correlation?

 

[CHEWY]

Only step up is XTR, because XT use exactly the same bits as SLX.

What actually let go?

This bit

Which seems like a pretty common problem reading this thread on pinkbike

Shimano XT BL M-8000 Brake Lever Repair - Pinkbike Forum

Shimano XT BL M-8000 Brake Lever Repair in Mechanics' Lounge

m.pinkbike.com

What about a Zee lever ?

 

[The Duckmeister]

What about a Zee lever ?

Same basic unit as XT/SLX, just with a more textured lever blade (as is Saint).

 

[Ultra Lord]

The company doing the major roadworks on the Highway near my place has a penchant for hiring attractive young ladies for traffic control. There was a 3 car pile up in a single lane 40kph section this morning, all P plate tradies in utes, right in front of one of said ladies.
Is there a correlation?

That’s one way to get people to slow down.

 

[fatboyonabike]

This bit

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Which seems like a pretty common problem reading this thread on pinkbike

Shimano XT BL M-8000 Brake Lever Repair - Pinkbike Forum

Shimano XT BL M-8000 Brake Lever Repair in Mechanics' Lounge

m.pinkbike.com

What about a Zee lever ?

just buy Sram...broken lever will the least of your worries!

 

[moorey]

Only step up is XTR, because XT use exactly the same bits as SLX.

Would you call it a step up or a side step? Aside from an XTR shifter, I’m yet to experience any improvements in XTR other than weight. I’ll venture to say that for the average punter, XTR has more drawbacks than XT.
*Not talking about this brake issue. Never used m9000, and never had this issue with my numerous sets of m8000.

 

[Ultra Lord]

Would you call it a step up or a side step? Aside from an XTR shifter, I’m yet to experience any improvements in XTR other than weight. I’ll venture to say that for the average punter, XTR has more drawbacks than XT.
*Not talking about this brake issue. Never used m9000, and never had this issue with my numerous sets of m8000.

Yes

 

[The Duckmeister]

Would you call it a step up or a side step? Aside from an XTR shifter, I’m yet to experience any improvements in XTR other than weight. I’ll venture to say that for the average punter, XTR has more drawbacks than XT.
*Not talking about this brake issue. Never used m9000, and never had this issue with my numerous sets of m8000.

Step up in materials. For a given caliper configuration, XTR Trail levers produce the same power as XT/SLX/Saint/Zee/Deore, Race levers slightly less.

 

[moorey]

Step up in materials. For a given caliper configuration, XTR Trail levers produce the same power as XT/SLX/Saint/Zee/Deore, Race levers slightly less.

More reliable though? Serious Q. Given there's probably 100+ sets of SLX and XT sold for every XTR, you're bound to see more issues.

 

[The Duckmeister]

Haven't seen enough XTR to comment on reliability. With the others, problems are very rare relative to numbers built.