Originally Posted by
Bosock
Hi All
Have an 07 stumpjumper and not overly impressed with the LX shifters that come with the bike. If i upgrade to the M970 shifters and XTR front derailer will i see much improvement. LBS told me not to go to the SRAM shifters as i would have to change to much on the bike. They also said that i would probably not see much difference in the LX to XTR change in shifters or derailer. Any information here would be greatly appreciated.
People seem to always forget that SRAM has TWO lines of shifters. Ones that work with a SRAM rear derailer and one that works with shimano's 2:1 ratio
SRAM Attack for the win:
http://www.sram.com/en/srammountain/...gershifter.php
Honestly, you can upgrade the front and rear derailer to Sram X.9 for about $150 or less if you buy the parts online.
LX does have functional differences in XTR but I've used XT, LX and XTR and they all work well.
With that said, I now have SRAM on both my MTB.
Hmm...My 07 stumpjumper came with SRAM.
Your bike shop sounds like a bunch of dorks. The cost of X.9 front and rear derailer and X.9 pods would probably be less than the XTR pods.