Seriously, it depends on whether you're running index or friction. If friction, it does. not. matter. My front derailleur on my All-Rounder is an old Shimano Alivio that I rescued from the metal recycling bin. A co-worker had tossed it for being a little rusty. I scraped off the rust, cleaned and lubed it, and voila! It works fine.
Let's say you're running index. Then it depends on whether you're racing or commuting/touring. If the former, you've got to run whatever gives the fastest, crispest shifting. If you're serious about racing you'll pay for the best shifting, or your sponsor will. (These days, according to my most serious racing buddies, that seems to be Sram "Red".) If the latter, the shifting has to be reliable and durable, but not necessarily lightning-fast. If I had to choose between Deore and XT in this case, I'd go for the Deore simply because it's cheaper and gives solid performance. Incidentally, there's a Deore rear derailleur on my All-Rounder as I type this. And true to me cheap-a$$ fashion, I got it used. Run what works. Happy riding! Beth On Jun 16, 5:02 pm, Scotty <bongos...@verizon.net> wrote: > I am just wondering if I am missing something > in the value. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
