G.T. wrote:
| "KLydesdale" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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|| "Pistof" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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||| "The Nelson Paradigm" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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|||| We sold a set of XT 9s rapidfire pods today, then set about
|||| ordering their replacement.
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|||| Nobody, and I mean NOBODY we do business with had them in stock.
|||| Some of them blamed a shortage of Shimano parts.
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|||| 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.
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|||| I'm willing to bet this stuff drops down to LX next year. Prolly
|||| even Deore.
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||| Make that bet.
||| http://tinyurl.com/2fp9w (links to cyclingnews.com)
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||| XTR = XT = LX in 2005
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||| 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.
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|| Was RapidRise ever really alive to begin with?
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| Replace RapidRise with RapidFire and the above makes more sense. Dual
| Control is replacing RapidFire, and doesn't Dual Control use
| RapidRise or whatever they're calling it now, anyway?
It's all in a name. When I asked the Shimano rep why the Dual Control uses
a Rapid Rise (reverse sprung) rear mech, he about bit my head off - it's now
called "Low Normal" (sounds to me like 'below normal' intelligence.)
It means that, with the shortage they are now experiencing, they are
concentrating on their new stuff and either ignoring or have totally
discontinued XT and XTR rear mechs with the proper springs in it.
I'll just come out and say it: The XT derailleurs (except the 8s wimpy
spring version) have always been my favorite. They work well and work long
and are worth every penny. I have 7s era rears working today. I *DO NOT
LIKE* the reverse spring mech. It relies on the spring to pull the chain to
larger cogs, instead of the smaller ones. A cable pulling the chain to
larger cogs works better and more reliably. Period.
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