Deore, LX or XT?

TBH, its more likely to be Deore or LX. 5 quid difference. After a winter of grime and mud, will I detect a fivers difference.

I will be using a sachs chain with it.

i use an LX with a sachs PC69 - I used an XT once to get the higher gearing for an alpine ride (I still had to get off and push!) but the only difference is weight - I didn't find it lasted longer and unless your a weightwatcher-to-extreme you'll not notice any difference. I don't know about the deore - i use LX mostly.

so to answer your question - no, £5 better spent in the pub!

No, its a 10 quid difference between LX and XT. 5 quid between Deore and LX

Nothing wrong with the Deore IMO

LX is constructed a little better, but I doubt there's any difference in performance vs Deore. XT is quite a bit lighter, but that's the only advantage.

Deore for winter then, I guess.

Cheap cassette and chain for winter, indeed maybe a multideal, XT and good chain come Spring for a season's worth of racing. If you don't race I don't suppose XT is worth it though, although the aluminium carrier does look nicer :) But the only places you save weight between groupsets is cassettes and chainsets, and perhaps V's if you're still using them, everything else is very close in weight. Sachs are great chains, no difference in weight, just harder wearing and better shifting supposedly as you pay more, doubt there's little real world difference though.

Definatly SRAM cassette. Beats Shimano into a 'cocked hat' on price, wear rates and weight. Plus the ramps are designed to match with a SRAM/SACHS chain.

Oh and @Jay. Sachs beats Shimano by MILES on the chain front. There really isn't any competition. They are stronger and take longer to wear out. Whether they shift better is open to debate but they do not shift any worse.

Deore - cheaper CRC = £20 - friend broke an XT - all change the same - only diff is weight - but not much

Deore wear well - not tried SRAM though friends is no diff from Shimano

Went for Deore. So chuffed with the saving, I then walked into my LBS and bought a new pair of shorts.

Doh!

my deore cassette came through today form woollyhatshop.com cheapest place around!
mike

got a SRAM 9.0 cassette for £40 from CRC, which was nice

the deals are out there!

i find CRC cheaper than woolyhatshop. guess it depends on the product but all the stuff ive seen ahs been. not by much but by a little.

Merlin is cheap and they do good cassette/chain combination offers.

go for lx. just as good as xt

21 days later

another vote for SRAM 9.0 (SRAM 7.0 is very similar and cheaper though)

I bought it about 3 weeks ago so unless you want to send me a spare cassette for free guys its a bit 2 late.

Nothing wrong with deore at all. I've also found SRAM 7 & 9 excellent.
However, the best performance I have had has been from XT cassette, rear mech & chainset with a SRAM/Sachs chain (PC69?)

why? why? why? why?

Ben needed cassette advice 3 weeks ago and he's already bought a new one.



No more please