Originally Posted by
masi61
I bought some older "Deore XT" compressionless derailleur housing from eBay a few years ago for a good price. I want to say it is 5.5mm thick whereas OEM Shimano housing is more like 4.5mm thickness.
That stuff is heinous (in the best way) and comes packaged with NIB XT Rapidfire Plus shifters. Wonderful but almost unobtanium without big dough.