Cheers!
One note about UDH v. Direct Mount. I quite like UDH in that it provides a solid precise platform for 12-speeds derailleurs to shift from. 12-speed derailleurs, even compared to 11-speed, have much less tolerance for being out of wack, especially the cheap ones which aren’t as precise to begin with.
Going direct mount there’s a significant increase in leverage wanting to break the derailleur in a strike because it’s mounted higher (at the axle instead of at the hanger). No stress with the manufacturing and materials behind X0/XX1 but with the SX/NX equivalent its hard to imagine they won’t either weigh a ton or fail spectacularly.
March 24, 2023, 9:24 a.m. - Andrew Major
Cheers! One note about UDH v. Direct Mount. I quite like UDH in that it provides a solid precise platform for 12-speeds derailleurs to shift from. 12-speed derailleurs, even compared to 11-speed, have much less tolerance for being out of wack, especially the cheap ones which aren’t as precise to begin with. Going direct mount there’s a significant increase in leverage wanting to break the derailleur in a strike because it’s mounted higher (at the axle instead of at the hanger). No stress with the manufacturing and materials behind X0/XX1 but with the SX/NX equivalent its hard to imagine they won’t either weigh a ton or fail spectacularly.