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Jonathan Bond
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Well, I'm ordering a 2003 XT grouppo for whatever frame I end up getting this summer. Tufts Cycling
got sponsored by Shimano again, so stuff is pretty much dirt cheap.. how cheap I can't say because
of the terms of the sponsorship. But its cheap.
Anyway, the way it works is that I can add XT disc brakes to the order, and also get a separate
shifter pod (SL) instead of STI. That in itself is nice. However, I've already got XT shift
pods, and my old bike doesn't have any disc tabs, so a shifter/lever combo isn't a bad thing for
that bike.
Either way, are the XT disc brakes worth the order? I can't give you the exact cost, but its pretty
much around the price of one disc brake... for the set. I was going to get Hope Minis or something
of the like when I could afford them, but I can get the XT discs now and put them on whenever I get
that bike.
I have heard that XTs are something of ON/OFF switches, and I do prefer modulation over power any
day... but with a set of minis running more than twice the price of these ones, it might be worth
getting the XTs instead.
Comments?
Jon "Commander" Bond
got sponsored by Shimano again, so stuff is pretty much dirt cheap.. how cheap I can't say because
of the terms of the sponsorship. But its cheap.
Anyway, the way it works is that I can add XT disc brakes to the order, and also get a separate
shifter pod (SL) instead of STI. That in itself is nice. However, I've already got XT shift
pods, and my old bike doesn't have any disc tabs, so a shifter/lever combo isn't a bad thing for
that bike.
Either way, are the XT disc brakes worth the order? I can't give you the exact cost, but its pretty
much around the price of one disc brake... for the set. I was going to get Hope Minis or something
of the like when I could afford them, but I can get the XT discs now and put them on whenever I get
that bike.
I have heard that XTs are something of ON/OFF switches, and I do prefer modulation over power any
day... but with a set of minis running more than twice the price of these ones, it might be worth
getting the XTs instead.
Comments?
Jon "Commander" Bond