As someone who's had experience with Shimano from good 8spd all the way to 12, I'd say stick to the SLX 11spd shifter from them, the XT is VERY hard to push, somehow they managed to fvck it up. I say that as that's exactly what I did when I had enough parts minus a shifter and chain to try 11spd, went SLX and the only thing I miss is the double click on the trigger that XT has.
As to the whole, "need a new freehub" thing for Shimano 12spd, not quite sure that'll stay a thing, as saw that they're doing 12spd for road and it uses theĀ HG driver body/design, so expect that it will make it to MTBs in the not too distant future for maybe the lower end.
Feb. 28, 2022, 10:07 a.m. - Lynx .
As someone who's had experience with Shimano from good 8spd all the way to 12, I'd say stick to the SLX 11spd shifter from them, the XT is VERY hard to push, somehow they managed to fvck it up. I say that as that's exactly what I did when I had enough parts minus a shifter and chain to try 11spd, went SLX and the only thing I miss is the double click on the trigger that XT has. As to the whole, "need a new freehub" thing for Shimano 12spd, not quite sure that'll stay a thing, as saw that they're doing 12spd for road and it uses theĀ HG driver body/design, so expect that it will make it to MTBs in the not too distant future for maybe the lower end.