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Old July 3rd 03, 02:09 PM
Peter Tønnesen
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Default shimano deore vs shimano xt? question


"Small Black Dog" skrev i en meddelelse
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have a deore crank on my bike, its only a few months old. i got an xt

crank
for about $80.00. is it worth the upgrade. i smashed my truvativ and
replaces with deore which seems heavier.
thus is it worth the $$$ to upgrade to the xt

thanks


Upgrade to the XT. Deore cranks are relatively heavy compared to the XT

and
the XT is stiffer.


I would go for RF Prodigy, it same price as the XT, but you dont have to use
Shimanos stinky Bottom Brackets. There is a lot of nice ISIS BBs out there
:-) And yes, its worth the upgrade.

Also put it like this: would you ride a crapped up Lada when you have an
Aston Martin Vanquish sitting in your garage?


Depends on gas prices?

Peet


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Old July 3rd 03, 03:59 PM
Small Black Dog
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Default shimano deore vs shimano xt? question


I would go for RF Prodigy, it same price as the XT, but you dont have to

use
Shimanos stinky Bottom Brackets. There is a lot of nice ISIS BBs out there
:-) And yes, its worth the upgrade.


I think he's allready bought the XT crank though.

Also put it like this: would you ride a crapped up Lada when you have an
Aston Martin Vanquish sitting in your garage?


Depends on gas prices?


if you can afford a Vanquish you can afford the petrol, i hope.

Small Black Dog


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Old July 3rd 03, 04:49 PM
Spider
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Default shimano deore vs shimano xt? question

"moon" wrote in message ...
have a deore crank on my bike, its only a few months old. i got an xt crank
for about $80.00. is it worth the upgrade. i smashed my truvativ and
replaces with deore which seems heavier.
thus is it worth the $$$ to upgrade to the xt


Ride the Deore until it's thrashed, then put on the XT.

Or, ride the XT until it's thrashed, then you have a spare crankset so
you're not out any cash.

Spider
 




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