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[email protected]>, miles todd wrote:
> Of course, the drawback is that spring tension alone gets you into a lower gear. If the system is
> mucked up enough with mud, ice, or other adverse elements you simply won't be able to drop into a
> lower gear at all- you can't use thumb strength to force the issue. Again, I would rather be able
> to get a lower gear in these situations more often than I would a higher gear.
Probably. However, I'd generally maintain that XTR is for people with too much money, a sponsorship
contract, or a lot of time on their hands. I'd never put an XTR part on my VPS, and any racer would
only have the XTR stuff in adverse conditions for the span of one race. As of yet, I haven't heard
of any of them complaining that it mucks up too easily.
Nah, for us normal folk, XT is the way to go. It's durable, not too expensive, and not too heavy.
I'd go so far as to say that if I bought a bike with XTR stuff and I planned it for normal
trailriding, I'd take it off and replace it with XT.
JS
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