cydewaze

Sorry for the annoying question, but I haven't been keeping track of prices on MTB components for the past few seasons, so I don't know what's a good price and what isn't.

I'm building up a "beater" hardtail, and I've been fishing around for components. I found a deal on:

LX M-572 crank.
LX 9-sp shifter pods
LX 9-sp read derailleur.

$154 shipped.

It seemed like a good deal, but what do I know?

FF 6800

whoa, thats a nice deal if you ask me, but i like sram

cydewaze

I like sram too, and was planning on putting it on this bike. But it needs a crank, and I was looking at cranks and found this deal. If I just got the crank, I'd have one bike with a Shimano crank and non-shimano everything else, and another bike with a shimano everything else and a non-shimano crank. That would just be... weird!!

And no, I'm not swapping my nice raceface crank onto my beater , and the XTR derailleur would be silly to have on a beater. LBS has x-9 shifters in stock for $95 though. Not bad for a LBS price.

MattP.

Perty good my friend.

cydewaze

The place has a nice deal on XT too. XT pods with XT front and rear derailleur, $125 + shipping.

MattP.

Would you be so kind as to give a name this "place"

cydewaze

I didn't want to spam, but since you asked, https://www.chucksbikes.com/

blitz993

I like SRAM

cydewaze

Feh, they were out of stock on the crank, so now my options are:

1) Go with the XT crank ($85 and) stay with the LX shifters/der ($170 total)
2) Go with the XT crank and also with the XT shifers/der ($210 total)
3) Forget the Shimano stuff and go with SRAM x-9 shifters/der and find another crank.

I'm kind of keen on building a non-Shimano bike, but I need to decide how much I want to spend. If I can get a good price for my 9700 frame, I could put that money into the new drivetrain and minimize my expenses.