cw42

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hehe, no problem m8, if you can get over here, you can have it for the duration I'm away, be nice to get some use out of it anyway
Let me know, I'm on nights so will be up and about around 2pm most days.
See you soon,
Chris.

chrome

Big up to CW42!


Nice bike...
altho it doesnt like crappy nottingham HGV battered roads much.

PG

one hell of a kind offer there !
Hope you enjoy it

r32

XTR is worth the extra in my humble opinion but not for road riding, get a road bike. But you do need to change chains every three months or so or you are going to **** your cassette and front rings. Change them every 9 to 12 months for hassle free riding.......

PG

I must admit I have never had any XTR but will say the diference between the Shimano 105 and the Campag kit on my new road bike is amazing. The Campagnolo stuff just feels sooooo much more positive and even sounds better.
The XT on the MTB is also very good !! I find it hard to believe that XTR could be any better. Lighter, granted but better...cant see it. (amd I wont spend the money to be proved wrong )

the moose

Completely disagree - I'm running XTR and hav found the chainrings to be no better thn XT in any respect. When you factor in the fact that it's twice as expensive, there's really no reason to buy it unless you're richer than Croeseus or a weight weenie. The only exception this that I've found are the shirters - they're worth the extra in my view. But when it's £45 for a middle chainring which lasts me no more than 12 months, that's just silly.

Oh, and I do change chains every few months, as well as alternating them, degreasing/cleaning them etc. It makes a difference, but when you ride through the winter in the Chilterns, the mud just destroys XTR. I've had no problems with my cheapo On-One singlespeed - 2000 miles on the original BMX chain and £15 sprockets through the most disgusting of conditions, with probably only one proper strip-down clean in all that time.

Philip Attaway

I have just replaced my second XTR middle chainring this year. They are rubbish. Have replaced it with a Middleburn hardcote now they do them for XTR.

I also replaced XTR jockey wheels (£27...OUCH) XTR cassette with an XT one and a new SRAM chain. Cost's more to run than the STI!!

It's still not shifting right so probably needs new cables

chrome

the marin is now going onto ebay as is.
I won a well modified OrangeC16R on ebay.

That has a mix of XT(shifters/vbrakes)/Deore (front rear mech's) and Xtr (rear hub) components.
Also has Pace RC35 forks
The elastomer version too! (how old ) no oil or hydraulics to go wrong..

the moose

Is that Middleburn middle ring for an M960 setup? Flipping hope so, as I only ever use middle ring (well, granny for perhaps 1% of the time) and big ring=bash ring.

Now using SRAM cassette and chain, and will probably go SRAM when the rear mech dies.

Philip Attaway

Yes
M960 4 bolt pattern

Half the price of XTR http://www.ChainReactionCycles.com/M...x?ModelID=7095 and seems to change just as smoothly. I never use granny either

Phil

V1CK1

Does it CORNER as smoothly?

Philip Attaway

Get your coat

unclebuck

Shouldn't that be "On yer bike..." ?

the moose

I blame Norman Tebbit