Shinamo Deore Stuff.........
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To put it simply, bloody excellent. The disc hub came with a Shimano xt disc, the shifter and cable and external shifter box, rear chain tensioner, Sram chain, 38 tooth d/h front chain ring and with the hub built onto an On-One Retard rim using DT Swiss spokes, all in excellent condition.
Retail would be around the $2200 mark so it was a great bargain thanks to you.
Retail would be around the $2200 mark so it was a great bargain thanks to you.
I've got the 03 Sram Rocket Shorty shifters too.
I just prefer the action of grip-shift and being able to grab a handful of 9 gears and drop them with one motion...
These are the top-of-range models, the left shifter has 2 extra engagement points between 1st/2nd, and 2nd/3rd. This allows you to slightly tune the front der. to use the whole cassette on the rear without annoying chain rub. I like it a lot !
I just prefer the action of grip-shift and being able to grab a handful of 9 gears and drop them with one motion...
These are the top-of-range models, the left shifter has 2 extra engagement points between 1st/2nd, and 2nd/3rd. This allows you to slightly tune the front der. to use the whole cassette on the rear without annoying chain rub. I like it a lot !
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My AC3 came with an LX rear derailler...took it out for one ride and it shifted horribly. After that I put on my old XT rear derailler and for my money it made a huge difference (better & faster shifting).
Arguably there is no reason why it would make a difference, but it did for me.... :?:
Arguably there is no reason why it would make a difference, but it did for me.... :?:
You can have a alivio derailer with a crappy KMC chain & alivio shifters shifting better than a full XTR kit! It all comes down to:
- clean inner/outer cables at the right length. If you've bought a bike & its got the wrong length cables on it, up speccing to XTR r/mech is goin to do jack shit. This is the no. 1 problem if peoples rides aren't shifting properly. Gunked-up cables that are possibly too long or short.
- not tunned properly. Its important here to have ya high & low adjustments on ya r/mech spot on & have the right cable tension if ya want to fire off perfect shifts. fitting a new Xt stuff isn't going to fix this prob.
- worn chain/cassette. This can sometimes be another reason why ya gears jump around under load.
I do agree however that XT-XTR stuff performs way better (ya paid that extra coin it would want to). Especially noticed in the shifters. But if the cables are gunked-up or its not tunned properly its going to perform the same as the doere stuff when not set up proper. Therefore, the av. joe that's not really worried bout weight & having that perfect feeling shift from $200 shifters, deore stuff is fine. It does wat it is supposed to do when set up properly. The shimano web site has a few pdf files u can look at as to tunning ya shimano stuff right
- clean inner/outer cables at the right length. If you've bought a bike & its got the wrong length cables on it, up speccing to XTR r/mech is goin to do jack shit. This is the no. 1 problem if peoples rides aren't shifting properly. Gunked-up cables that are possibly too long or short.
- not tunned properly. Its important here to have ya high & low adjustments on ya r/mech spot on & have the right cable tension if ya want to fire off perfect shifts. fitting a new Xt stuff isn't going to fix this prob.
- worn chain/cassette. This can sometimes be another reason why ya gears jump around under load.
I do agree however that XT-XTR stuff performs way better (ya paid that extra coin it would want to). Especially noticed in the shifters. But if the cables are gunked-up or its not tunned properly its going to perform the same as the doere stuff when not set up proper. Therefore, the av. joe that's not really worried bout weight & having that perfect feeling shift from $200 shifters, deore stuff is fine. It does wat it is supposed to do when set up properly. The shimano web site has a few pdf files u can look at as to tunning ya shimano stuff right
It depends on how much pressure your talking about ?
I have always been taught to spin but back of the pressure on a gear change ( not always possible )
Try to anticipate / pre-empt your gear changes more and they'll be smoother.
personally i've run XT LX ( very nice ) and full deore ( fully functional, but more pedantic about set up ) and all were good .