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| > > > "The Nelson Paradigm" <[email hidden]>
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| > > > berlin.de...
| > > > > We sold a set of XT 9s rapidfire pods today,
| > > > > then set about
ordering
| > > their
| > > > > replacement.
| > > > >
| > > > > Nobody, and I mean NOBODY we do business with
| > > > > had them in stock.
| Some
| > > of
| > > > > them blamed a shortage of Shimano parts.
| > > > >
| > > > > More likely Shimano has already quit making
| > > > > these in favor of the
| new
| > > XTR
| > > > > clone with the wiggly brake levers and the "Low
| > > > > normal" (son of
| Rapid
| > > > Rise)
| > > > > derailleur.
| > > > >
| > > > > I'm willing to bet this stuff drops down to LX
| > > > > next year. Prolly
| even
| > > > > Deore.
| > > >
| > > > Make that bet. tinyurl.com2fp9wOpen ↗ (links to
| > > > cyclingnews.com)
| > > >
| > > > XTR = XT = LX in 2005
| > > >
| > > > I've spoken with Shimano reps about Dual Control
| > > > and they feel very
| > > strongly
| > > > that it's superior to Rapidrise. They bluntly told
| > > > me that
Rapidrise
| is
| > > > dead... DEAD!, I tell ya... D-E-A-D <sniffling>
| > > >
| > > > To put it in one reps words, "The future is Dual
| > > > Control. Rapidrise
| is
| > > old,
| > > > being replaced..." All three I've spoken with have
| > > > used "Dual
| Control"
| > > > w/the word "future" as if they are reciting
| > > > something from their
| Shimano
| > > > propaganda.
| > > >
| > > > Rapidrise has served me very well. I don't
| > > > understand why I am
being
| > > forced
| > > > to adopt something else. Would it kill Shimano to
| > > > keep both
systems?
| I
| > > > guess so.
| > > >
| > >
| > > Was RapidRise ever really alive to begin with? I've
| > > never had it on
| any
| > of
| > > my bikes and none of the guys in my regular ride
| > > group has ever used
it
| in
| > > the ten or so years we've been riding together.
| >
| > Yeah, not RapidRise. I can't believe I wrote that. I
| > meant Rapid
| F-I-R-E.
| > Thanks.
| >
|
|
| You sounded so sure of yourself too. ;^)
|
| I've tinkered with the Dual Control stuff on a friend's
| new bike - I
| actually kind of like it. But not enough to pay the
| prices they're
asking
| to swap all my bikes over to it and it's not the kind of
| thing I can see myself having on just one bike So I see
| SRAM trigger shifters in my future.I may eventually try to hook some dual controls up to a
"normal" derailleur and see if it works at all.
Yeah, works great, as can be attested by any Specialized
owner. Specialized did not like the idea of being forced
into Rapid Rise derailers, so they bought a stockpile of
standard derailers for use on their bikes.
Works just like it should, if you ask me.
John M