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Kacey
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thats what I said, but the shop disagreed. They said I hit the drop out because it was so twisted but if I hit the drop out hard enough to do that I would of noticed.
It was weird. The first ride everything was fine, 2nd the gear changing was not as smooth and was real loud, third ride the gears got progressively worse , started to skip and then it died!!!!!!!!!!! I did nothing......and im hating having to downgrade my new race bike
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KieranC
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| Posted: Thu 29/Nov/07 10:49am Post subject: |
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some derailiers are total tihs, they just break for no reason at all 
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Kacey
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| Posted: Thu 29/Nov/07 10:51am Post subject: |
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yeh, ive had no prbs with my xt, or lx derailiers on my other bikes............... it has to be the brand new xtr one that fails....
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Punter
60cms. I gonna go huck my meat ski styles
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| Posted: Sat 1/Dec/07 12:08am Post subject: |
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and its here.
flash as nuts it is
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danose
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| Posted: Sat 1/Dec/07 6:48am Post subject: |
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| Punter wrote: | and its here.
flash as nuts it is |
even prettier in the flesh! wheras there's something kind of low-rent about the xt version...
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dented
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| Posted: Sat 1/Dec/07 7:31am Post subject: |
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I sense an XTR xmas present winging my way 
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muzz_chch
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| Posted: Sat 1/Dec/07 7:55am Post subject: |
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can i keep with my sram shifters and use this R mech or do i have to go shimano thru out?
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Stun
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| Posted: Sat 1/Dec/07 8:01am Post subject: |
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| Punter wrote: | and its here.
flash as nuts it is |
But Punter...
Aren't deraileurs what plebs use? 
Also, looks like it's time for you to get to a manicure... you don't want the metro crowd shunning you for ditching SRAM AND having anything less than perfect nails!!! 
now I'm just heading out to get a leg wax, manicure and spray on tan...
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BrentD
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| Posted: Sat 1/Dec/07 9:07am Post subject: |
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| muzz_chch wrote: | | can i keep with my sram shifters and use this R mech or do i have to go shimano thru out? |
As a minimum you would need a new Shimano rear shifter as Shimano use a different leverage ratio to SRAM; front is the same.
For your Reign (X7 shifters/X9 rear d) you'd get a better performance improvement by changing your shifters to X9 IMHO. I like the XT Shadow I have on my Reign but still like SRAM even more.
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JohnnyC
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| Posted: Sat 1/Dec/07 11:42am Post subject: |
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| BrentD wrote: | | muzz_chch wrote: | | can i keep with my sram shifters and use this R mech or do i have to go shimano thru out? |
As a minimum you would need a new Shimano rear shifter as Shimano use a different leverage ratio to SRAM; front is the same.
For your Reign (X7 shifters/X9 rear d) you'd get a better performance improvement by changing your shifters to X9 IMHO. I like the XT Shadow I have on my Reign but still like SRAM even more. |
You can get a Sram shifter thats made to work with shimano's pull ratio called the rocket (x9) and attack (x7)
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Stun
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| Posted: Sat 1/Dec/07 3:09pm Post subject: |
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But he'd still need to buy new shifters...
XT shifters matched with the XT shadow r/mech would work very nicely.
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danose
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| Posted: Sat 1/Dec/07 6:17pm Post subject: |
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| Stun wrote: |
XT shifters matched with the XT shadow r/mech would work very nicely. |
SLG concurs (she's got xt shadow and the new 77x series rapidfires - likes them a lot more than the X9 she had)
Of course I shouldn't have been so cheap and got her XTR rapidfires (which gains you multiple release) and a XTR shadow to match her XTR brakes, but at twice the price of XT.....well maybe her scots stinginess is contagious 
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Punter
60cms. I gonna go huck my meat ski styles
Joined: Oct 19, 2003
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Location: CHCH - Not England
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| Posted: Sat 1/Dec/07 9:28pm Post subject: |
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| Stun wrote: | | Punter wrote: | and its here.
flash as nuts it is |
But Punter...
Aren't deraileurs what plebs use?
Also, looks like it's time for you to get to a manicure... you don't want the metro crowd shunning you for ditching SRAM AND having anything less than perfect nails!!!
now I'm just heading out to get a leg wax, manicure and spray on tan... |
yes i was well over due for my nails, i just can't keep ahead of my busy schedule. ah wel.
Derallieurs are for the less advanced, but if you are going to have one, it should at least have some carbonium in it. And quite honestly, this xtr tihs rules.
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pb
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| Posted: Sat 1/Dec/07 10:44pm Post subject: |
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So its on the bike? How is it?
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Punter
60cms. I gonna go huck my meat ski styles
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| Posted: Tue 4/Dec/07 1:02am Post subject: |
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| pb wrote: | | So its on the bike? How is it? |
well, umm ahh. no. my bike i got in summer is still new with shiny xtr. so next time I smack one off it'll be going on. in the meantime, i'll take the cool points for having one before you all. even though i have no idea what it shifts like.
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