Old style with the half-dropout-thickness lap joint was never going to be great. That’s neither stiff nor strong. On the other hand, always thought my Syntace X-12 style is clever, because it has a decent-sized registration surface, but is held on by a fragile hollow aluminum bolt. Stiff but weak. Certainly sturdy enough for Zee 9-speed shifting… do people have trouble with that style on 12-speed? (I could imagine the little aluminum bolt snapping just under the weight of a NX monster).
March 27, 2023, 5:27 a.m. - ackshunW
Old style with the half-dropout-thickness lap joint was never going to be great. That’s neither stiff nor strong. On the other hand, always thought my Syntace X-12 style is clever, because it has a decent-sized registration surface, but is held on by a fragile hollow aluminum bolt. Stiff but weak. Certainly sturdy enough for Zee 9-speed shifting… do people have trouble with that style on 12-speed? (I could imagine the little aluminum bolt snapping just under the weight of a NX monster).