Originally Posted by
giantcfr1
Mine came with Sram X-7 rear deraileur along with Sram X-7 shifters. The front deraileur is Deore. Sram and Shimano are tricky to match. Basically the rear deraileur and shifters MUST match. ie. Sram to Sram due to the 1:1 actuation rate. (Shimano 2:1) The front usually can be mixed as mine are. They are still going strong. With my Badboy, I my self unsually only upgrade / change when something breaks or wears.
Just to clarify here: if you for example have a complete Shimano set, could you simply swap in an SRAM rear derailleur and rear shifter and touch nothing else? In other words, you would not need to change the cassette, the chain, the crank or any thing else?