Originally Posted by
chelboed
XT crankset and cassette for $90?
You mean like a $90 upcharge?
Sure, good deal. Give me your shops phone number so I can buy a few.
You did well going with the XT cassette instead of the SRAM PG990. That thing is a POS. Mine lasted 3-5 months. My XT lasted 1-1.5 yrs. I clean and lube the drivetrain before every trail ride, but the 990 must just be soft as heck.
Bike looks good.
Yeah it was a $90 upcharge. I had just bought the bike, so he just swapped the stuff straight up. It wasn't exactly $90. . . It was actually 3000 baht. That's the currency here in T-Land. I get 33 baht for my buck. Needless to say, ou don't want to pay the shpping charge.
Thanks for the encouragement, I was going for the SRAM, but he only had the XT, I agree, I think it was better.
As far as the helmet goes, I mainly want to save weight on the bike, that's why I always use a camel back instead of throwing on 500g of water on my downtube, not to mention the sweet straw. Which helmet did you buy though, oops.. need a new thread.