I'm figuring that they're VERY restrictive/hard using the higher end products and suspension to force the lower end drivetrain sales and that's how they move the crap.
Again, 100% agree that on that sort of persons bike, who won't ride more in a year than one of us will ride in a month or less, SX/NX is very good and they'll never know, but once you put lots of miles/hours on parts, shitty parts really start to stand out. That's why XT used to be my "base" model part for anything back in 9spd days because while more expensive, for the amount of riding I did, they lasted way longer, worked better etc. These days, I'm happy with Deore, even on 10spd I'd be happy running Deore _(I run XT 10spd on all my personal bikes that run 10spd)._ I decided to give 11spd a try on the Unit as I had accumilated nearly all the parts needed minus shifter and chain and I actually downgraded the shifter to SLX because of how absolute shit the XT is in terms of how damn hard/stiff it is to shift and how easy/smooth SLX is, but lost my beloved dual click for the trigger and a bit slower shift, but still worth loosing that for how shitty the XT is because it's so damn hard.
March 26, 2024, 8:49 a.m. - Lynx .
I'm figuring that they're VERY restrictive/hard using the higher end products and suspension to force the lower end drivetrain sales and that's how they move the crap. Again, 100% agree that on that sort of persons bike, who won't ride more in a year than one of us will ride in a month or less, SX/NX is very good and they'll never know, but once you put lots of miles/hours on parts, shitty parts really start to stand out. That's why XT used to be my "base" model part for anything back in 9spd days because while more expensive, for the amount of riding I did, they lasted way longer, worked better etc. These days, I'm happy with Deore, even on 10spd I'd be happy running Deore _(I run XT 10spd on all my personal bikes that run 10spd)._ I decided to give 11spd a try on the Unit as I had accumilated nearly all the parts needed minus shifter and chain and I actually downgraded the shifter to SLX because of how absolute shit the XT is in terms of how damn hard/stiff it is to shift and how easy/smooth SLX is, but lost my beloved dual click for the trigger and a bit slower shift, but still worth loosing that for how shitty the XT is because it's so damn hard.