A06
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I dont mind spending money on quality items but I hate spending money two or three times to figure things out. My bike came with Deore HG 11 sp groupset.
Before even riding it I put my hybrid Sram NX/X01 12 spd groupset on. Kind of to the point of one of the earlier comments I dont see a need to buy top of the line parts when the cost increase only buys less weight. I run the Nx rear mech and cassette because while they are cheaper they also are more beefy (and heavy). However there is a very noticeable difference in the preciseness of the X01 shifter. Anyway after installing the 12 spd Sram components I didnt like the chainline angles, it worked but visually I felt it wasnt a good fit and would be problematic later.
Swapped back to the Deore set and my complaint was the shifter felt worse than the NX. I debated swapping everything out in favor of a new Linkglide or maybe box 1 Prime 9.
I remembered that I had an Archer Components shifter from a past hardtail build and installed it last week. As expected shifting was spot on since each gear is individually tunable. I hope this will allow me to judge the drivetrain components I'm most concerned about (mech, cassette and chain) independent from my preferences in how I like the shift to "feel".
Interestingly I made note of the steepest most technical section of the climb this past weekend and I was in the 7th gear which happens to be the same tooth count of the 7th gear on my DH cassette. Might try putting that on in the near future just for fun.
With the advent of electronic shifting we are not confined to sticking with an enclosed ecosystem, we can mix and match mechs with other brands but I do believe with the new systems the chains and cassettes need to work together (Linkglide for example)
Pic below of the archer installed. The green tape was a temp solution to close off the cable routing holes so stuff didnt get inside.
Before even riding it I put my hybrid Sram NX/X01 12 spd groupset on. Kind of to the point of one of the earlier comments I dont see a need to buy top of the line parts when the cost increase only buys less weight. I run the Nx rear mech and cassette because while they are cheaper they also are more beefy (and heavy). However there is a very noticeable difference in the preciseness of the X01 shifter. Anyway after installing the 12 spd Sram components I didnt like the chainline angles, it worked but visually I felt it wasnt a good fit and would be problematic later.
Swapped back to the Deore set and my complaint was the shifter felt worse than the NX. I debated swapping everything out in favor of a new Linkglide or maybe box 1 Prime 9.
I remembered that I had an Archer Components shifter from a past hardtail build and installed it last week. As expected shifting was spot on since each gear is individually tunable. I hope this will allow me to judge the drivetrain components I'm most concerned about (mech, cassette and chain) independent from my preferences in how I like the shift to "feel".
Interestingly I made note of the steepest most technical section of the climb this past weekend and I was in the 7th gear which happens to be the same tooth count of the 7th gear on my DH cassette. Might try putting that on in the near future just for fun.
With the advent of electronic shifting we are not confined to sticking with an enclosed ecosystem, we can mix and match mechs with other brands but I do believe with the new systems the chains and cassettes need to work together (Linkglide for example)
Pic below of the archer installed. The green tape was a temp solution to close off the cable routing holes so stuff didnt get inside.
