Groupset choices - who is a sheep around here?

My previous XC bike was full Shimano, XTR everything but hubs (Ringle front and XT rear). That was before Sram's time tho. The current one's a mixed bag, Sram shifters and rear mech, Shimano front mech, Raceface cranks & chainrings, Shimano rear casette, mavic hubs & avid juicey brakes.

The Sram rear mech shifts better under power than I remember the XTR did, but then again, I'm comparing a 15 yr old XTR to a year old X0, so it's not entirely a fair comparison.

I still prefer the Shimano style shifters, but see the practicality of Srams being thumb operated only. Perhaps I'll prefer the Srams after getting used to them. Time will tell.

STX RC fitted to the mountain bike
TIAGRA fitted to the road bike

i voted shimano only because it is fitted to both my bikes, actually didn't have a clue what gear sets i was running till today:angel:

shimano on this beast, not that i use the gears much at all
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...009/11/408.jpg

65cc of raw, unadulterated 2 stroke power haha
i used it to get to work when i lost my licence for a month
used to hit about 42km/h on the flat, had it up to 65 downhill (not recommended) got the death wobbles a bit at that speed

it hasn't been used in a few months, so im thinking of cleaning it up, welding on a small expansion chamber, and using it to taxi me to and from the pub

The saying goes---
Shimano wears out and Campagnola wears in.

Shimano is more of a smooth shifter where campaq is a tad clunky but very reliable and accurate.
Campag is more used in road bikes rather mtb's.
I just had a new shimano electric shift for 2 weeks worth of riding and must say, its silk and super accurate as no cables to stretch.
Its 11 speed also and battery pack holds good charge.
Price is around the $5k mark so its a bit steep and also slightly heavy.

I prefer Campag on my current roadie (Orbea).
I feel the way it shifts is ultra precise and can shift with confidence even when out of seat and up steepest inclines.

I guess people are either one or the other, bit like Landies really.

Good set up with campag and say full carbon frame etc will be at least 5-6 grand but I think its worth it.
My bike comes in at 7.4kg with pedals.

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Originally Posted by EchiDna

groupsets are exactly that - sets, not components like cranks, chainrings, brakes etc... if this was a list of component makers, geez there are hundreds!

Forgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't XT one step below XTR on the shimano MTB groupset list?

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Groupsets do include cranks, chainrings and brakes. :)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

And XT is one below XTR, yes. :)

Rohloff 40'000kms with 25 ml of oil changes once a year or 5000kms, pfft, shimanno, sram, campy, get with it.
And you can change multiple gears when pedalling, backpedaling, or not pedalling at all.

50/50 Shimano XT shifters and front and rear derailers but SRAM chain and rear cluster. FSA crank and Avid Juicy5 brakes (which are SRAM)

over the christmas period I am intending to change to SRAM XO grip shifters and because of the 1:1 actuation I need to get a SRAM rear derailer so goign to get an XO

I want to try grip shifters hence going to SRAM, a few people I have ridden with always seem to be trying the differnt stuff one week to the next, me, I jsut the damn thing and if its nto fast and hard enoguth, it must be me geting tired!

Orbea 2007 Zenit - fast as bro!

Hay Ewe

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Originally Posted by 3 Sisters

Rohloff 40'000kms with 25 ml of oil changes once a year or 5000kms, pfft, shimanno, sram, campy, get with it.
And you can change multiple gears when pedalling, backpedaling, or not pedalling at all.

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Now ya talkin' ! :) Good stuff - using it on a recumbent or a regular bike? :angel:

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Originally Posted by Scallops

Groupsets do include cranks, chainrings and brakes. :)

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/3...raacegroup.jpg

And XT is one below XTR, yes. :)

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What Scallops said. No reason you cannot mix and match a group"set"

XT are one step below XTR (or maybe were as there is now Saint as well). However I found that many XTR bits are a bit too light, and only suited for XC racing. There was a guy who used to come riding with us doing very technical stuff. He had a race bike with a full XTR groupset - even magnesium spokes. He would break or bend at least one expensive component each ride.

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Originally Posted by isuzurover

What Scallops said. No reason you cannot mix and match a group"set"

XT are one step below XTR (or maybe were as there is now Saint as well). However I found that many XTR bits are a bit too light, and only suited for XC racing. There was a guy who used to come riding with us doing very technical stuff. He had a race bike with a full XTR groupset - even magnesium spokes. He would break or bend at least one expensive component each ride.

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Agreed - I reckon the sweet spot with MTB stuff, in terms of reliability, quality and cost - is LX. ;)