Wow - the new LX is rockin'!

Wow, those components are really nice actually..

Not a fan of the XTR style shifting though..

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The new LX components seem to be drawing closer to XT. As always, not
much reason to go higher in the group hierarchy.

See:

http://www.shimano.com.au/publish/content/australia/en/cycling/products/mountain_bike_components/deore_lx.html

Basjan

basjan said:

The new LX components seem to be drawing closer to XT. As always,
not much reason to go higher in the group hierarchy.

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See:

http://www.shimano.com.au/publish/content/australia/en/cycling/products/mountain_bike_components/deore_lx.html

I'm glad to see they're going back to a polished silver finish, which ages more
gracefully because it doesn't show chafing and scratches. Black cranks often
look like [censored] after a couple of years.

Matt O.

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Not a fan of the XTR style shifting though..

I had a chance to try this out recently and I was not happy with them either.
I prefer RF+. I don't see any benefits to this new shifting system. All
I can see is a way for Shimano to make sure you use thier shifters and brake
levers.
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In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden]
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Quoted message said:

Not a fan of the XTR style shifting though..

I had a chance to try this out recently and I was not happy with them
either. I prefer RF+. I don't see any benefits to this new shifting
system. All I can see is a way for Shimano to make sure you use thier
shifters and brake levers.

You know, I saw a point to Dual Control on road bikes, where the shift
levers were a long way away from the brakes (and also from where you hold
your hands most of the time) but on MTBs, it sounds like it's just a recipe
for accidentally shifting when you hit a bump and your hands hit the levers
(which I've done with just normal levers).

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