cream.soda

ok... basically i ordered a rockhopper comp disc. then i haggled for a swap from shimano to sram.

I have a MAJOR problem. i originally had them swap out the deore shifters and deore lx derailleur for x-7 shifters and x-7 rd, right?
well then i went back and decided to pay the difference to upgrade to x9's.

i took a look at the x9's (in the box, the rockhopper had to be ordered in later) and then went home.

then i went to the sram website. the x9's they had are IDENTICAL to the x-7's that i saw on sram.com.

i figured that they had last year's x9's, which became this year's x7's.


what i SHOULD be getting:


i'm like CRAP i paid 40 bucks extra just to get x7's.

what the heck should i do? should i make them order in this year's x9's? it'll cost the same... right?
i don't wanna be stuck with last year's x-9's next year. and i DO care. that's 40 bucks down the drain.

UPDATE: not even. jensonusa.com shows that this is the 05 x9 derailleur too. that means the x9 they're giving me is from 04 or even older.
https://jensonusa.com/store/product/R...illeur+05.aspx

difference between current x7 and x9:
lighter (because of more magnesium)
pulleys use cartridge bearings rather than sealed (can replace just the bearings rather than the entire pulley).

the wonginator

its the same thing.

Maelstrom 

No offense, but you really don't know that. It could and likely is using better quality bearings and bushings. I know the x.7 has a pretty crap bushing/c clamp at the bolt side where it clips into the hanger, the x.9 is slightly better.

cream.soda

no it isn't.

cream.soda

anyway... i called them just now and i told them my little problem and they told me they'll order a new one in... just like that.

i just hope they don't forget though...

i'll post the results when i get the bike on monday/tuesday.

the wonginator

anyways, my last bit of knowledge before i leave:

apparently this year's x.9's have a problem with breaking b-knuckles, apparently caused by chains that are too short... even on bone stock factory-new bikes.

just a heads up.

cream.soda

that kinda sucks, with so many x9's out on bikes this year...

but i bet every derailleur has its problems though... don't tell me the deore xt is perfect and free of flaws...

guaranteed... if there's a part out there.. someone's gonna have a story of it breaking a week out of the box.

Blazinall91

chill out and enjoy the ride

cream.soda

looks like you have x9's too...

the majority of ppl probably don't have that problem.

plus the point of my problem is that i paid 40 bucks for nothing.

and that's a lot considering I get 7.35 an hour.

Blazinall91

I make $7.50 an hour. NO biggy. Yah know what. It's X.9 all the same. It's still going to perform well and it's going to be a good derailleur, so if it doesn;t work out, you're stuck with a derailleur that shifts well, big loss

cream.soda

so go for it - buy all your stuff from '96 - i'm sure you'll get great deals on stuff from back then... and it'll shift 'well' too. you know, shimano tourneys shift well to most people too.

Flak

I know you want to find the best deal out there and all that good stuff. But i think you are stressing over a very minor detail. I dont mean to be flippent, but they are both good ders and you probably wont notice the difference.

cream.soda

tru.

i learnt my lesson here.

i'm getting shimano tourney's instead.

seriously i was just a little overreacted from the sunny hot day... i guess my photon receivers clogged up and i needed something to stress over.

OttawaMTB

So all that work to get SRAM X.7 and then X.9 for nothing?

At least you made a decision though... I'm still as undecided as ever!

Blazinall91

or from `06 maybe, sorry but a year isn't going to make a heaping world of difference. "OOOH it has this shiny new doodad, it has that shiny new doodad" GREAT! oh well, so mine is a year out of what's "new" yah know what, it shifts great and it works great. and I enjoy the ride not stressing over the fact that UH OH my derailleur isn't 2007, people are gonna know, I DON'T HAVE THE LATEST GREATEST, eee gads, calm down. The only thing I buy from `96 is The Beastie Boys. So word to your mother and quit making mountains out of mole hills unless its a mountain I can ride

Blazinall91

tru = not a word, next time try TRUE

learnt = not a word, next time try LEARNED

cream.soda

you completely missed my point.

learn to read ALL the posts.
learn to understand math EMDBEDDED WITHIN ENGLISH.
then, learn how to do it IN YOUR HEAD!

i stated my point clearly. and it's TWO years of difference, about to be three. and 04 x9=current x7. would you like to make a few hour's worth of work amount to absolutely nothing? i don't think so. i already got my x7 for free, i was paying $40 to upgrade to x9.

chill and stop trying to weasel out a point to say.