Made a $130 mistake today.
11-02-07, 08:34 PM
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Made a $130 mistake today.
Bent my xtr deraillieur at the jockey pulley arm going into a rock garden. The hanger ironically, is perfectly straight.
Oops, oh well.
Straightened it enough to get back to the trail head. So now it's time to see if I will like the XT shadow deraillieur. Am a bit skeptical about it still, but will give it a try.
Yes it is further in towards the wheel, but I don't notice any difference in vertical clearance. Which is probably not that big of a concern.
Oops, oh well.
Straightened it enough to get back to the trail head. So now it's time to see if I will like the XT shadow deraillieur. Am a bit skeptical about it still, but will give it a try.
Yes it is further in towards the wheel, but I don't notice any difference in vertical clearance. Which is probably not that big of a concern.
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11-02-07, 08:41 PM
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Rocks KNOW who's running the foo-foo stuff and move. The more high-end metal parts in the derailleur, the more it disturbs the natural, ambient magnetic field and they shift position.
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11-02-07, 08:42 PM
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Dont feel bad, Ive made bigger mistakes (with money), and atleast you have a job.
11-02-07, 08:50 PM
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I see youve joined the dark side :]
Time for a more experienced, and intelligible ride report
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11-02-07, 08:52 PM
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This is entirely my fault went in way too fast.
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11-02-07, 08:58 PM
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Yeah i know that feeling. In fact, thats also the reason i now running an XT.
Must be something in the rockgarden water huh?
Must be something in the rockgarden water huh?
11-02-07, 09:13 PM
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Not it was rider error. I screwed up, and broke a part because of it. Not making any excuses about it.
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11-02-07, 09:14 PM
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11-02-07, 09:15 PM
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Yea, there's a big group ride Sunday at fair hill, I'm definitely going.
11-02-07, 09:34 PM
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Oh well...at least now we can get 1 more opinion on the Shadow I guess.
BTW...I still think your bike is one of the slickest looking trail bikes on the market. Everything is so compact like it sprawls out from a center fulcrum...small triangles etc...
11-02-07, 09:48 PM
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Vertical clearance is increased by using a shorter caged derailleur...why do people continue to think the Shadow gives them more vertical clearance? It's intended to give it more lateral clearance.
Oh well...at least now we can get 1 more opinion on the Shadow I guess.
BTW...I still think your bike is one of the slickest looking trail bikes on the market. Everything is so compact like it sprawls out from a center fulcrum...small triangles etc...
Oh well...at least now we can get 1 more opinion on the Shadow I guess.
BTW...I still think your bike is one of the slickest looking trail bikes on the market. Everything is so compact like it sprawls out from a center fulcrum...small triangles etc...
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11-02-07, 10:58 PM
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That sucks Mr.Smashy but I saw good reviews on the XT shadow. It has a good design. You like the dropkick Murphy's? I saw them in concert and also flogging molly they are awesome!!!
11-03-07, 04:31 AM
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I don't know why they don't make those pulley cages replaceable. I fragged a deraileur myself (bent hanger, didn't know, jockey pulley cage got caught on a spoke and tore open). It seems to me that that's the common part of the deraileur to get trashed. I just wish I could've replaced it without having to replace the whole deraleur.
11-03-07, 05:24 AM
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11-03-07, 02:53 PM
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Instead, it would have been a $230 mistake.
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11-03-07, 08:49 PM
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Ok, the write up.
Set up was fairly easy. It shifted like a deraillieur, and I'm going to do further repairs to the xtr deraillieur that I had on it and put it back on, don't like the shadow deraillieur.
Set up was fairly easy. It shifted like a deraillieur, and I'm going to do further repairs to the xtr deraillieur that I had on it and put it back on, don't like the shadow deraillieur.
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11-03-07, 09:33 PM
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Not pleased with how the shifting felt or with the slower shifting.
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11-04-07, 05:23 AM
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Amen to that.
Going slow (some of us DHers - the shi7 ones - do that), its terrible shifting, but once you get going, i dont mind it. Youre just too fussy Smashy
Going slow (some of us DHers - the shi7 ones - do that), its terrible shifting, but once you get going, i dont mind it. Youre just too fussy Smashy
11-04-07, 05:34 AM
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