My god damn Derailer had broken everytime i have gone to whistler:mad: , and im getting sick of it!, what kind of derailers are good??? that dont just fall apart
What derailer
deore.
Originally posted by Stathis
My god damn Derailer had broken everytime i have gone to whistler:mad: , and im getting sick of it!, what kind of derailers are good??? that dont just fall apart
What do ya ride… a Bighit? ;)
Deores are almost disposable at ~$45.
Des
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check and make sure ur chain is a proper tension also. i used to break alot of derailleur due to chain tension problems. fixed that and now since i ahvent broken mine for a while (knock on wood) i can buy more exspensive ones XT XTR SRAM XO
XT shortcage or sram
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Originally posted by Leifless
XT shortcage or sram
yup, and also zip tye a piece of inner tube to the top of the der. cage where it hit the chain stay. helps me
Get the wife beater out….bucket spunk
Shimano 105, $70-90. The best cheap[ derailer there is. has last me on whistler 10 times, and months of shore owning before that as well.
2000 VPS Custom Travel sz. medium w/ Raceface BB, Blackspire chainguide, Axiom Seatpost, Tank hs… $400. Champagne Hayes w/rotors… $299/pair. Front 20mm Formula laced to 26" Doublewide w/ 2.8 Michelin and dh tube… $150. Rear Formula laced to 24" DX32 w/ XTR 8spd Cog, Highroller 2.7, dh tube… $200. 8spd XT derailler/shifter…$100. FUNN FatboySlim/Serial Killa 31.8 Combo w/ Odi Lockons… $100. Dainese Legs and Arms sz. med… $100. Magura HS-11's… $50/pair. Or take it all for $1200 and
Originally posted by Infamous
deore.
Utter crap!
Tension spring way too loose.
Sounds like a can full of rocks back there.
I've killed a few XT's, 1 LX and a couple of Deores.
I was ready to buy a short cage XTR when the boys at the LBS talked me into (horror of horrors), a Shimano Altus. If you want to see one for yourself proceed to Canadian Tire for many examples.
I am no longer embarrassed to say that at around $30.00 this unit has, and continues to give me my money's worth - as well as being a good conversation piece.
More performance updates and technical reviews to follow!
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get a SRAM…
those Shitmano rear D's "slap" themselves to death at Whistler…
i dont understand why people put up with that crap design…:P
derailers dont break if you set them up right btw….and No derailer slaps if you set it up right as well. the slapping is what kills them.
2000 VPS Custom Travel sz. medium w/ Raceface BB, Blackspire chainguide, Axiom Seatpost, Tank hs… $400. Champagne Hayes w/rotors… $299/pair. Front 20mm Formula laced to 26" Doublewide w/ 2.8 Michelin and dh tube… $150. Rear Formula laced to 24" DX32 w/ XTR 8spd Cog, Highroller 2.7, dh tube… $200. 8spd XT derailler/shifter…$100. FUNN FatboySlim/Serial Killa 31.8 Combo w/ Odi Lockons… $100. Dainese Legs and Arms sz. med… $100. Magura HS-11's… $50/pair. Or take it all for $1200 and
I have run the same LX for more than 2 years, still going strong :).
I like my women like I like my Scotch. 15 years old and mixed up with coke.
yeah but u dont ride Whistler either….
come here and we'll see how your rear D lasts…
:eek:
Whistler will kill anything… that MTN's appetite is massive…:P
After going thru endless mtb deraillers I have had very good luck with road D's lately. The one I currently have was installed in Januray (8 mos - not bad!). I got a short cage shimano Tiagra for $38 at MEC. 105s work also but cost more. Road D's seem to have way stronger springs and the bodies are made of more metal than mtb D's, so they seem to take more hits off rocks before dying.
With mtb D's I have tried (LX, xt, sram 7.0) I found they would last 1-2 months tops. Deore has very weak springs and won't last thru a weekend at Whistler. Even less at Sun Peaks (it does fine on slower speed trails like on grouse however). XT and LX are ok but at $70-90 you don;t want to wreck too many. I can't seem to find LX in short cage and even s.c. XT is hard to find. I would take LX over XT just based on cost - performance seems the same. I was impressed with sram 7.0 as it lasted a lot longer and the cage, being half plastic, is easy to bend back into shape. The problem with breaking one is that it can be hard to find a replacement. After breaking my 7.0 on seymour one day I tried Cove, BSP, JH, and steeds for a quick replacement, and none had 7.0 in stock. I opted not to go for the $150 9.0.
The one thing shimano has over sram is that if you are like me and save your old busted parts, you can swap cages if it is hopelessly bent and you have a straight replacement. You can;t remove the cage on a sram.
Has anyone had similar experiences?
Originally posted by IFO
**yeah but u dont ride Whistler either….come here and we'll see how your rear D lasts…
:eek:
Whistler will kill anything… that MTN's appetite is massive…:P **
I ride some super crazy stuff out here, and I have yet to smash my derailuer on a rock or anything of the sort. My pedal will hit before my derailuer does. There are some super techy trails out here too, stuff that will scrape handle bars on (my old XC bars that were 24" wide no less!)
I like my women like I like my Scotch. 15 years old and mixed up with coke.
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