Touring - New 2009 Shimano LX Trekking group

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Robert_in_ca
03-26-08, 09:35 PM
Thought this deserved it's own thread. Here's all the info I've found so far on the new LX which is geared directly towards trekking.

http://happymtb.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/sh22.jpeg

http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?id=tech/2008/features/shimano_09_08

HauntedMyst
03-26-08, 11:31 PM
It looks beautiful. I'm thinking of getting that dyno hub.
Thasiet
03-26-08, 11:52 PM
It looks like the hubs have Shimano's road-style seals. Weird, I assume those seals aren't as robust as the mountain seals.

I'd been keeping my fingers crossed for hubs with unbendable oversized chromoly axles and maybe allen key serviceablility a la Phils. This seems like a move in the exact opposite direction...

Gordon P
03-27-08, 07:41 AM
It would be really nice if they used us nice people at BikeForums to test this groupo out! :p

I wonder how much it is going for?
TheBrick
03-27-08, 08:52 AM
...I'd been keeping my fingers crossed for hubs with unbendable oversized chromoly axles ....

Why not just replace the axels with solid a axel. You would only have to carry a 1 mm spanner with you, 3/4 of one if you want to cut abit off to save weight. I have alway thought unless you are racing q/r are silly. More hassel for most common riding, and cirtainly a very silly thing to have as standard on Mr & Mrs Averages bike as they currently are.
Thasiet
03-27-08, 09:29 AM
Why not just replace the axels with solid a axel. You would only have to carry a 1 mm spanner with you, 3/4 of one if you want to cut abit off to save weight. I have alway thought unless you are racing q/r are silly. More hassel for most common riding, and cirtainly a very silly thing to have as standard on Mr & Mrs Averages bike as they currently are.

A solid axle is insignificantly stiffer than a hollow one. That route is only worthwhile if you think bolts make wheels harder to steal. I think removing the front wheel thanks to the blessed Q/R and u-locking everything at once is better.

Shimano already makes hubs with with a 14mm aluminum axle, in the XT and XTR levels. If they just took the XT hub shell forging, but used a chromoly axle, that would be serious progress.

My beef with cone wrenches is not so much the weight, as the relative difficulty of their use combined with the fact that I cut my knuckles every [REDACTED] time I do so!