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Heh, very weird. Did you get Shimano or SRAM? Shimano generally seem to behave worse in the real world, at least on mountain bikes. Rain, snow, temp swings,
by sliken 4y ago
Heh, very weird. Did you get Shimano or SRAM? Shimano generally seem to behave worse in the real world, at least on mountain bikes. Rain, snow, temp swings, grit, mud, etc seems to degrade them more than SRAM. Shimano also drives the upgrade cycle by not having user maintainable parts or even selling parts for older equipment. The shifters in particular are fragile, not user serviceable, and have incompatible changes every few years. SRAM's gripshift are robust, have one moving part, and often survive multiple crashes, also they aren't integrated so you don't have to replace brakes when your shifter dies. Thus the switch from mostly Shimano based XT/XTR for mountain biking to mostly 1x12 SRAM. I found the top of the line SRAM to be very reliable/robust.
- thefz 4y agoSRAM. I came from a 11x X01 with a 5 year lifespan in which I maybe only changed the cable once. Zero maintenance and it ran like clockwork. The whole Eagle line has been a disappointment for me, from the bottom to the top products.
- sliken 4y agoWow, I've had really good luck with Eagle, I've talked to quite a few happy owners, was a huge upgrade over my previous shimano XTR. The year I got XTR it was quite the lemon, so much so that Mountain Bike Action (MBA) did an article on how terrible it was, I'd even get mocked by folks on the by folks recognizing the signature screech. Apparently the brake cylinders would fail, never retract, and the only fix was replacement, this combined with a light weight disc rotor with a particularly loud resonance. Very disappointing for a top of the line set of components. In any case, sorry to hear it. I'm not shopping a bike replacement and leaning towards an ebike, but trying to avoid the Shimano EP8, which again has a signature noise, loud clunk/clanking on the downhills when not under power.