. And of course it`s cheap as f*ck compared to Sram Linkglide is vastly underrated, it's a true workhorse and its been faultless on my Yeti 160e and replacement components are insanely affordable.
What actual model derailleur was it? My understanding is that Linkglide is just the cog/chain interface tech, but you can get Linkglide compatible parts in everything from Cues (or maybe even lower), through Deore, and up to XT (and soon XTR if I understand correctly). I am sure there is a wide spectrum of derailleur cage strengths in that range of parts, and heavier isn't going to be stronger if they're using mild steel, or cast aluminum. Back in the day, XTR was shockingly strong, despite being the lightest, because the cages were cold forged. Not sure about the new stuff though.I had my first crash yesterday with 10-Speed linkglide, cage bent. I’m so dissaponted. It was nice 145km`s with it but I`m gonna change to 12-speed GX what I have in other bike. With that I have had trouble free 2500km’s, it has taken soo much beating and still rocking. Chain replaced at 1600km`s. Linkglide is excellent if you are not carefull with your shifts, but I`am so it doesn’t matter so much
There’s only one 10-Speed linkglade derailleur, Deore that is. I have that. And one 11-Speed Linkglide which is XT, I have that too on my commuter.
I believe you are in error there are both Linkglide compatible Deore and Cues 11 speed Di2 derailleurs in addition to the XT, also a Cues 10 speed!
Cues is cheap, and you can see that (my son have 11-speed cues) Wouldn’t put to my bikes. And Di2 electronic, wouldn’t put that either to my bikes. I’m talking about two original Linkglides, Deore and XT. There’s more now because of those electronic ones.
I don’t think product managers spec Linkglide XT because it is 11-speed and is slightly heavier with the steel cassette. My guess is that the consumer perception is of a budget group with more weight and less speeds. Also, sram offer killer oem pricing deals if you bundle suspension and drivetrains together.
Just curious, why not?
This is the current marketing problem with perceived premium EMTBs. Weight, Peak Power and Newton-metres is what is selling them. Linkglide is heavy.
Yes it's ridiculus powerful 100 nm motors, heavyweight 750+ batteries but a few ounces extra for a hard wearing cassette is a nogo!
Yep. Look at Eurobike 2025. 100Nm is the new buzzword on the stands.Yes it's ridiculus powerful 100 nm motors, heavyweight 750+ batteries but a few ounces extra for a hard wearing cassette is a nogo!
I don`t want or need auto-or freeshift and they are more expensive than analog. And I don’t want more batteries to worry about. Put getting one cable away from cockpit is tempting, I admit.
Agree additional batteries are a pain but you can get most derailleur versions that are powered from the main battery with conversion power cables available for Bosch motors and for me the additional expense is worth it to get rid of a cable. I have no garage so my bikes stay out side they are under cover but I regularly have shifter cables frozen up or very sluggish in winter. I am also something of a techie freak and would love to try out some of new software developements in the shifting area.
Autoshift is useless for Mountain Biking. Coastshift is brilliant. I will always fit electronic shifting to my EMTBs for Coastshift.
I doubled down and put a steel chainring on too.Yes it's ridiculus powerful 100 nm motors, heavyweight 750+ batteries but a few ounces extra for a hard wearing cassette is a nogo!
139g difference (about 5oz) for the cassette. On an ebike that’s pretty insignificant compared to the durability benefit. I don’t miss 12th gear at all on an mtb, I rarely ever used it even when trying to keep up with roadie friends on pavement.
Like @ShapeThings said, chainrings often have a bit broader range of compatibility than cassettes. For the most part, the narrowing of chains to allow for more gears in the back has been done by thinning the side plates (to make just the outer width narrower), rather than reducing the gap between the side plates (which would make both the outer and inner widths narrower).
.UDH did it job and mech would have probably been ok but I tried to bend it before noticing that hanger needed to replace 