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Submitted by
Shane Scrimager
a Cross Country Rider
from Santa Barbara CA USA
Date Reviewed: March 4, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | Jesusita | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$55.00 | | Purchased At: | Bicycle Bob's | | Strengths: | Solid design | | Weaknesses: | Minor chain slap on serious terrain, again minor. | | Similar Products Used: | XT, LX | | Bike Setup: | Stoke on two wheels | | Bottom Line: | I was torn between replacing my XT with an LX or Deore and didn't want to spend the $$$ for XT. I would never skimp on components but rear derailluer's take the most beating on the trails I ride, I want something cheap that works great. I'm pretty happy after three days at the bike park, one solid trail ride and racing at the Kenda Cup last weekend. Shifts great in all conditions except really hard climbs - the shift takes a little longer and isn't so smooth, but for the $ I'm not complaining. As for having it tuned every time you ride like the other reviews, mine seems to work better the more I break it in. I'm happy with the performance and recommend this for anyone looking to save a little $$$ and still have the function and dependability of XT or LX (minus the performance). | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
cairocks
a Cross Country Rider
from Singapore
Date Reviewed: January 11, 2009 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | Stock with bike | | Strengths: | Reliable, precise | | Weaknesses: | No bling factor, doesn't gives me a valid excuse to change to other RDs | | Bike Setup: | Wheeler Pro29 | | Bottom Line: | This RD comes together with my bike and I pretty satisfied with it after almost 3000km of riding, 90% road and 10% trails. Initially tuned by bike shops and it isn't very precise, had occasional missed shiftings. Didn't help much tuning the 'H' and 'L' screws either. Then one day, I decide to pull tight the cable attaching to the derailleur and never looked back since. Shifting becomes extremely snappy and precise. Did rapid down shifting and up shifting while speeding down slopes and gears change precisely on the shifter's clicks. And after my self tuning, it had not needed any adjustments for 2 months already. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
enarburg
a Weekend Warrior
from Knoxville
Date Reviewed: October 9, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Iron mountain | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Great for light duty use like commuting or XC. | | Weaknesses: | Cannot hold up on rough trails. After going down a mountain for about a mile I noticed the derailleur had snaped off. | | Bottom Line: | The derailleur can handle some of the mountain but not a constant beating. I would definitely purchase a more reliable derailleur if you like keeping a fast pace throughout a rough trail. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
abominable snowman
a Weekend Warrior
from Meycauyan, Bulacan
Date Reviewed: September 2, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | street | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$17.00 | | Purchased At: | kings | | Strengths: | Crisp shifting, handles chain in place even if I do jumps and drops.. | | Weaknesses: | Hours of adjusting to achieve the above, it also requires you to adjust it everytime you use it... | | Similar Products Used: | dunno | | Bike Setup: | GT avalanche 2.0, truvativ stylo crank, da bomb rim, bontragger earl tyres, alivio&deore brake and gear system.. | | Bottom Line: | This derailleur is not meant to be abused for junps and bumps, adjustments of this can give you the crack... Best use for XC and AM discipline.. adjustment though still pain in the ass.. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Patrick
a Weekend Warrior
from Tennessee
Date Reviewed: July 9, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | LBL Canal loop | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | The Trail Head | | Strengths: | Easy to install and adjust, shifts well and fast, reliable.
cheap. | | Weaknesses: | I could have gotten it cheaper online but thats my fault for not looking around. | | Similar Products Used: | Alivio | | Bike Setup: | 08 Hardrock Pro | | Bottom Line: | I had the stock alivio derailleur but from to much hard ridding it began constantly going out of wack, so i got the deore and i couldn't be happier! just make shore you look online if your going to get this product. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
nicky
a
from westmount
Date Reviewed: May 10, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | la guillaume | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | martin swiss | | Strengths: | very reliable, very tough, doesnt shake, aggresive riding was what it was made for, very well made, sexy look | | Weaknesses: | shakes a little | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | hardrock 2005, new maxis tires, xt deore derailleur, marzochi dirt 3, snafu gold pedals | | Bottom Line: | very very good, reliable, tough | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andrew
a
from Bellingham
Date Reviewed: April 20, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Galbraith Mt. | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | None | | Weaknesses: | Any agressive riding will break it. It needs to be adjusted after every ride. | | Bike Setup: | Downhill/freeride | | Bottom Line: | I have had 3 of these things, and all of them have broken. Dont buy one, its a wast of money. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
JP Taberdo
a Cross Country Rider
from Brisbane
Date Reviewed: August 21, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Majura Pines | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | All Terra, Manila | | Strengths: | Smooth shifting. Possibly cheap, but probably not cheap enough. | | Weaknesses: | Just weak. And slow! | | Similar Products Used: | X.7, LX | | Bike Setup: | Giant NRS3 with upgrades | | Bottom Line: | The performance is just not up to it.. Its fine for easy riders, but once you're doing anything demanding (including riding hilly roads) the mech just doesn't shift fast enough. I've tried heaps of adjustments, but I think its just a weak spring. Also the mech bobs excessively when riding over rough stuff, so ghost shifting is an issue.
I'm upgrading to an XT temporarily. Eventually I'll convert to SRAM X.9 to get the full performance out of my bike. I've been really happy with my X.7 set up on my hardtail. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sarah Schmidt
a Racer
from Start
Date Reviewed: June 14, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Devils Elbow | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$39.00 | | Purchased At: | pump n pedal | | Strengths: | Decent price, easily replaceable. | | Weaknesses: | Squeeky, changes HARD and LOUD, finding final adjustment can be a long process. | | Similar Products Used: | XT, Altus | | Bike Setup: | Gary Fisher Tassajara GS | | Bottom Line: | The Deore doesn't seem to be durable as it's little cheaper sister the Altus. It changes Loud and Hard, not smooth like you'd expect (or hope). The 1st one I had Ate itself in a bad gear change so I tried a 2nd. If this one bites it (so far so good)...I'm gonna go with SRAM or maybe try backtracking into the Altus line.
Overall...It does it's job, if not begrudingly. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Daniel Johnson
a Weekend Warrior
from Richardson, TX, USA
Date Reviewed: March 20, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Lake Grapevine | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | REI | | Strengths: | It shifts | | Weaknesses: | - Constantly needs adjustment
- ghost shifts | | Similar Products Used: | Altus, XT | | Bike Setup: | 2006 Marin Muirwoods city bike | | Bottom Line: | I have taken this thing in for 3 tune-ups and everytime it is the same thing, take it for 1 ride and it needs to be adjusted. I think I am going to replace it with the cheapo Altus that came off my old bike. I rode that for two years and never touched it once. I can't really give a fair value rating because it was a part that came on the bike. But if I would have purchased this because it says "Deore" I would be pissed. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Daniel Lin
a
from Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
Date Reviewed: January 5, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | geeknerd99@gmail.com | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | JensonUSA | | Strengths: | Survived getting caught in spokes, which snapped my hanger. Still shifts fine. Maintains tension sooo much better than POS Acera RD that came with bike. | | Weaknesses: | If you remove a pulley to install it, make sure you tighten BOTH pulleys after you're done! I found out the hard way when I jettisoned a pulley about 3 minutes into my test ride. | | Similar Products Used: | XT shifters and RD, X-9 shifters and RD, both on friend's bikes | | Bike Setup: | Frankenbike (Iron Horse Warrior Team SE) with new stem, handlebars, bar ends, grips, shifters, saddle, seat post, brakes, brake levers, pedals, crankset, FD, RD, tires, and soon a new fork and headset or a new set of wheels. Heck, why not both? | | Bottom Line: | For 20 bucks, not bad at all. I'm sure there's better out there (XT sounds tasty), but I'm sure this'll hold me over. My bike weighs about 32 pounds for a hardtail (a lot is in the wheels), so I'm not worried about weight. Oh, and black is totally cooler than silver on my frame.
Haven't been able to ride it rough yet, and I'm not sure about mud performance. Last 400 miles for me have been on the roads w/ my slicks, with 40 so far on this derailleur. I'll be back on the trails probably once or twice before it warms back up though.
5 for value, a conservative 4 for overall (considering I had to reinstall the upper pulley, which is quite a bit like playing with a mousetrap). | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dylan
a Downhiller
from waterdown
Date Reviewed: December 16, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Pretty good at shifting fairly smoothh | | Weaknesses: | jumps a lottt when i bunny hop it jumps | | Bike Setup: | 06 bigfoot | | Bottom Line: | if ur doin jumps and stuff be preparded to hear a lot of noices when u land. but overall a ok dearauler | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dylan
a Downhiller
from waterdown
Date Reviewed: December 16, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Pretty good at shifting fairly smoothh | | Weaknesses: | jumps a lottt when i bunny hop it jumps | | Bike Setup: | 06 bigfoot | | Bottom Line: | if ur doin jumps and stuff be preparded to hear a lot of noices when u land. but overall a ok dearauler | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ivan
a Cross Country Rider
from Zagreb, Croatia
Date Reviewed: October 3, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | came with bike | | Strengths: | strong, and sometimes very nice shifting | | Weaknesses: | loud, sometimes problems with shifting, price | | Similar Products Used: | XT, LX | | Bottom Line: | If you are buying Derailleur for beginers it is really OK. I'm rideing bike 6 years and never let me down. After 2 years it work so good that was silent tlike LX, and shifting was so good that I didn't belive, but after 4 years rideing and 15 000 miles it start to make noise. On the havy duty when you trying to change gear if you not pick a right moment it has problem with changing. Now it cost a little les than SRAM X7 and that's a too much, and thats why I'm buying because cost 30$(25€) on sale and it has a great reviews on this site. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nathaniel
a Downhiller
from Bellingham, WA U.S
Date Reviewed: September 21, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | CBC | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | none | | Weaknesses: | everything. | | Similar Products Used: | shimano XT | | Bottom Line: | my bike has had NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS because of this deralleur. it is a piece of crap. if you buy it you are wasting your money, seriously, this and the XT i've owned are really horrible. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
brian
a Downhiller
from goleta ca usa
Date Reviewed: September 10, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | from a friend | | Strengths: | cheap, cost effective, It was good enough that I bought another one | | Weaknesses: | it wore out fast, and I had to tune it up all the time. | | Similar Products Used: | shimano alivio | | Bike Setup: | specialized big hit 04 | | Bottom Line: | good for rough trails where you expect to hit your derailer or if your cheap like me | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Will
a
from San Jose, CA
Date Reviewed: July 31, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Bottom Line: | Over all if your a beginner and you DON'T crash then it's okay. But if you going to crash or put some strain on this then this is not for you. It came with my bike and not I have to get rid of it cause it's sucks. It'll get you from point a to point b, but it's going to be and ugly and frustrating ride for you. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Hui Chuen Chuang
a Weekend Warrior
from Penang, Malaysia
Date Reviewed: July 24, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | anywhere | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | came with bike | | Strengths: | not bad for an economical product to do more than 2000km..... | | Weaknesses: | doesn't shift precisely......couldn't withstand abuse... i lost the second pulley when i was pedalling fast...... and had to replace a whole new RD | | Bike Setup: | stock 2005 Trek Fuel 70 | | Bottom Line: | not bad but not too good either | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike Hynes
a Cross Country Rider
from Woodstock GA USA
Date Reviewed: July 5, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Blankets Creek | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | OEM | | Strengths: | Works for the first ride. | | Weaknesses: | Constant adjusting. I actually was spending so much $$ on tuneups I took the Park Tool class to save my money. This derailler needs adjusting after nearly every ride. Must be spotlessly clean to function right. Cables need to be perfect to shift clean. | | Similar Products Used: | SRAM X.4 and X.9 | | Bike Setup: | Motobecane 700 DS with Manitou Super Black Skareb and Cane Creek AD-12. | | Bottom Line: | Don't skrimp on components!! This POS has only 600 miles on it and I spend constant adjustments on it after each 8 miles of blue groove. I will be buying a SRAM rear de and shifters for this bike. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt
a
from Saskatchew, Canada
Date Reviewed: June 5, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Bike Setup: | 2006 Norco Manik | | Bottom Line: | Nice looking product but after one skinny it fell apart!. Comeing off a ladder on to a skinny and my back tire fell of knocking the derilleur. It wasnt even 6 inches off the ground. this might happen to other products but i had excepted something better. I'm still a beginner freerider but come on less that 6 inches and it bends! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt
a
from Saskatchew, Canada
Date Reviewed: June 5, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Bottom Line: | Nice looking product but after one skinny it fell apart!. Comeing off a ladder on to a skinny and my back tire fell of knocking the derilleur. It wasnt even 6 inches off the ground. this might happen to other products but i had excepted something better. I'm still a beginner freerider but come on less that 6 inches and it bends! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt
a
from Saskatchew, Canada
Date Reviewed: June 5, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Bottom Line: | Nice looking product but after one skinny it fell apart!. Comeing off a ladder on to a skinny and my back tire fell of knocking the derilleur. It wasnt even 6 inches off the ground. this might happen to other products but i had excepted something better. I'm still a beginner freerider but come on less that 6 inches and it bends! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Serge
a Cross Country Rider
from Kazan, Russia
Date Reviewed: May 29, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Sportmaster | | Strengths: | Cheap, nice looking, precise shifting | | Weaknesses: | Shifting quality falls badly if "last feet" of outer casing gets lots of mud. Loose cage. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano Altus | | Bike Setup: | Rock Machine Heatwave, drivetrain upg-d to Shimano Deore/Truvativ Blaze. | | Bottom Line: | Good for it's price. For beginners on pavement and light XC only. Not good cable attachment system (as all Shimano products), SRAM version is better, imho. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
josiah
a
from IL, USA
Date Reviewed: May 9, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | came with bike | | Strengths: | they shift | | Weaknesses: | they don't shift well | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | Giant Iguana 2002 | | Bottom Line: | I am sure they work fine when adjusted correctly but...
don't recomend this. just buy LX or XT | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alex Kachlakev
a Weekend Warrior
from SLO, Ca, USA
Date Reviewed: May 1, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | friend | | Strengths: | provides shifting | | Weaknesses: | EVERYTHING!!! In the middle of a 12 mile race the damn cage bends up and bends some spokes. I had to walk 6 damn miles because of that crap heap. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano LX................read my other review | | Bottom Line: | Don't buy this, no one should.......it sucks muchos huevos grandes. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ben Briant
a Cross Country Rider
from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date Reviewed: April 27, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Lysterfield | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Good all around rear derailleur. Does the job. | | Weaknesses: | Squeekyness when shifting. Chain slap. | | Bike Setup: | 05 Giant Yukon mostly stock. | | Bottom Line: | This came stock on my Giant Yukon, it seems to have held up very well. It will probably last me another 2 more years until it needs to be replace. Deore seem to be tough components and built to last so i recommend this derailleur for the usual cross country rider or weekend warrior. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Cross Country Rider
from Brighton, Michigan, USA
Date Reviewed: April 11, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Potowatami | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Came with the bike | | Strengths: | Solid, full metal construction (except the gears), good shifter, preformance you would expect from a derallieur in this price range. | | Weaknesses: | A little bit on the heavy side, not as precise in manufacturing as an XT or XTR (come on, what do you expect). | | Similar Products Used: | Alvio, Altus, older shimano derallieurs on road bikes | | Bike Setup: | 2005 Trek 6500 | | Bottom Line: | If you are looking for a good derallieur for recreational riding then this is it. If you are a weight saving junkee, then maybee you shold think about XT or XTR. This derallieur is an economy version of the LX and XT derallieurs. When properly adjusted, it will function well. Some people say that it shifts poor and doesn't hold up and stuff. Bottom line:If you are a stupid retard who doesn't know how to preform a basic repair like adjusting/fixing a derallieur, or doesn't know how to ride properly, then don't buy this deraiileur and most definatley do not ride a bike on trails. I will give this derallieur 3 flaming chillis for value and the overall rating, because there are better things out there and there are worse. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bonyat Miranda
a Downhiller
from Philippines
Date Reviewed: January 4, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | V-10 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Kings | | Strengths: | It's Shimano!.... | | Weaknesses: | Yeheee... banana.. banana...banana... slip off to diff. gear when drop( up grade now! as advice from a stupid weekend warrior form tanay!) | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano 105 | | Bike Setup: | Da bomb frame, drop off fork , x.t.r derailleur.. etc..etc.. | | Bottom Line: | Try to buy your derailleur at ROSS or VELOCITY cartimar.. don't buy 2nd hand derailleur at ATLAS... banana... banana... banana warrior! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jhay
a Weekend Warrior
from Philippines
Date Reviewed: December 30, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Mega DH, Taytay, Rizal | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Atlas Bike Shop, Cartimar, Pasay City | | Strengths: | Delivers a high level of quality and performance you've come to expect with Shimano MTB components at an excellent value. Whether it's a friendly race in the dirt, cruising along single track, or just riding around town, Shimano DEORE has the performance to match. | | Weaknesses: | The chain will slip into different gears when your jumping mostly during a race competition with some ruts and rockies. | | Similar Products Used: | now i got a new Shimano rear derailleur, the 105 (road) | | Bike Setup: | 2005 Xtension DH (Eliminator 2 look-a-like) on Rockshox Boxxer Race :D | | Bottom Line: | do yourself a favor and don't buy this derailleur. If it came stock on your bike, upgrade now! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nhel
a Weekend Warrior
from Philippines
Date Reviewed: December 21, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$22.00 | | Purchased At: | cycle art | | Strengths: | work's well,smooth, easy to maintain and its black " looks cool" | | Weaknesses: | none so far.... | | Similar Products Used: | shimano LX | | Bike Setup: | Haro werks and g.t aggressor | | Bottom Line: | Cool, Efficient, Cheap and a good derailleur... perform's well and easy to maintain. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Curtis
a
from Victoria, BC, Canada
Date Reviewed: November 26, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | anything at Hartland | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | it came with my bike | | Strengths: | Shifts well most of the time. | | Weaknesses: | The chain will slip into different gears when your jumping or if you just lightly fall. | | Similar Products Used: | Acera and Alivio | | Bike Setup: | 2005 Norco Bigfoot | | Bottom Line: | If your on a budget get this if you can deal with the chain slipping sometimes. It is a fairly good derailer, not goning to replace because i don't mind putting the chain back on. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Todd Shrauner
a Weekend Warrior
from Yuma, AZ
Date Reviewed: November 23, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Sugarloaf | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | stock with bike | | Strengths: | pretty trouble free, other than when i dropped the bike on derailleur side. One adjustment after cables stretched in 750 mi. | | Weaknesses: | I think the joints could be a little more protected. Spring tension could be a little higher to prevent gross chainslap... | | Similar Products Used: | sram, alivio | | Bike Setup: | '04 Hardrock disk pro | | Bottom Line: | I've had NO problems with this derailleur, other than the chainslap issue I mentioned, I don't think there's much wrong with this derailleur, 'specially for the money. It works, it's black... did I mention it works?
PEOPLE! Get over this idea that you MUST have XTR/X.0 to be a real rider. Ride what you got, quit falling down, and your gear will last longer.
The only reason both aren't 5's is cause I haven't needed to play with alot of other derailleurs... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bob Smith
a Downhiller
from Arizona
Date Reviewed: November 16, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Any trail | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | bike smith | | Strengths: | Its looks cool | | Weaknesses: | This deraler stinks.It never shifts right.Never buy it for a free ride bike.................. | | Similar Products Used: | Index from K mart | | Bike Setup: | Giant Faith 3 | | Bottom Line: | It sucks | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rich
a Cross Country Rider
from Stony Brook, NY
Date Reviewed: November 15, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Shifts quickly and clearly until it bends. | | Weaknesses: | It bends easilly!!! I've been using it for less then 3 months and I've already got a branch into it twice. Result - the derailleur was bent twice, got to hammer the thing back. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano STX - on my old bike - performed just as well, but without the tendency to gather sticks and bend | | Bottom Line: | If you do cross-country riding extensively, you better be off with something else. This is simply not robust and endurable enough. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dustin Seib
a Weekend Warrior
from Battleford Sk Canada
Date Reviewed: November 2, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | PeeGeeMan | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Sportcheck | | Strengths: | Cheap. Shifts well even in mudd. Easily adjusted. | | Weaknesses: | Bends easily. | | Similar Products Used: | Alivio | | Bike Setup: | Norco Scrambler Acera front derailer evlove dh cranks. | | Bottom Line: | Great derailer for price. Could be made stronger. Recomended to Seriouse riders just getting into the sport. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jim Clayden
a Downhiller
from Fredericton New Brunswick Canada
Date Reviewed: October 16, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | any rocky slippery difficult trail | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | came stock on my haro | | Strengths: | looks pretty good if u like the color(shade, as the smart people would call it) black... | | Weaknesses: | i broke the cage in 1 month...make sure it is tightened on very well otherwise flaps around like nothing else! | | Similar Products Used: | replacement deore rear der. works hell of alot better | | Bike Setup: | haro escape 8.1 with maxxis highroller 2.5's stance flow 120-150 rtwd travel adjst. | | Bottom Line: | well its a pretty good derialeur! the only reason mine broke is cus i was flying (literaly!!!)down a trail went off little 2 foot jump and and took a pleasent trip right into some 8 foot wide tree...it bent and the gears skipped.
ALTHOUGH, my lbs replaced it for me!!!! for free!!! i was pretty happy and they gave me 1 years free warrenty on my whole bike! dont ask why to this day i still dont know. so i now have 1 year warrenty at 2 different bike shops, i really dont mind that much! anyway if ur on a budget and want a pretty good rear deraileur this is definately what ur lookin for! i have had 0 problems with it ever since i hit that stupid over sized tree! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ben Briant
a Cross Country Rider
from Melbourne - Australia
Date Reviewed: October 10, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Lys | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Shifts well. Does its job. Tough components. | | Weaknesses: | Have to adjust regualy. Chain slap all the time. Makes squeeking sounds when shifting. | | Bike Setup: | Giant Yukon 05 | | Bottom Line: | Its a good derailleur. I've hear that Deore is good. It pisses me off sometimes when the chain slaps all the god damn time. The squeekyness really annoys me a lot too. Overall its an ok derailleur | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Orest Kawka
a Weekend Warrior
from Ann Arbor, MI USA
Date Reviewed: September 28, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Potowatami | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance | | Strengths: | Worked fairly well at first although it seemed to skip over cogs on rough roads. I have a totally hard one (i.e. no front or rear shock) | | Weaknesses: | Botom pulley came completely off during normal easy ride within 6 mos of initial install. During initial install I tightened all screws on the derailler. When it "exploded" on the trail, the bottom pulley was nowhere to be found and the top one was bairly hanging on. Tried tightening that screw but within a 100 yds of walking the bike, the second pulley and screw were completely gone too. Apparently poor quality control on the trhread matching. I had a Deore DX that came on the bike originally which lasted for over 15 years with not a single screw coming loose. When it died, it was the internal spring that broke - not worth fixing according to the shop. Hmmmm......maybe I should try to fix the old one. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano Deore DX on my mtn bike. Campy on my road bike | | Bike Setup: | Very old 1989 Cannondale mtn bike | | Bottom Line: | I would never buy the Deore Derailler again. I'm not sure if I would ever buy shimano again after that. Hmm.......what to do now for such an old bike - single speed maybe?? | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Christian
a
from Montreal,QC
Date Reviewed: September 20, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Strengths: | Well protected | | Weaknesses: | Cage too loose, chain keeps flapping up and down when I hit holes, pulleys keep falling off. | | Bottom Line: | If you ride on a nicely paved road with no bumps there is no problem but if you get some uneven ground thats when the trouble starts. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Sean Gerler
a Weekend Warrior
from Reno, Nevada
Date Reviewed: August 24, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Millwoods Hucks | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | came on bike | | Strengths: | This is very good for the price, it shifts effortlessly and doesn't get caught up too much. | | Weaknesses: | It has crazy chain slippage off jumps and drops. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano Altus, Alivio, Acera, LX | | Bike Setup: | 2005 Norco Bigfoot | | Bottom Line: | A good derailleur for riding, but if you jump lots get a an LX, XT, or XTR.
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Submitted by
kirk
a Weekend Warrior
from thousand oaks, CA USA
Date Reviewed: July 24, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | shifts | | Weaknesses: | loses adjustment, chain slap all day long | | Similar Products Used: | more shimano crap, SRAM | | Bottom Line: | do yourself a favor and don't buy this derailleur. If it came stock on your bike, upgrade. NOW | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Chris MacLean
a Weekend Warrior
from Quebec city, Canada
Date Reviewed: July 16, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Mont St-Anne | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | Mathieu vélo sport | | Strengths: | Strong bolts, strong spring | | Weaknesses: | The spring is slack
Hard to adjust | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano XT | | Bike Setup: | Haro X1 2004 with Stance flow 2005 | | Bottom Line: | Its cheap and it will not explode on impact. But it is not practical. The spring is slack and the it gears down after a easy downhill run.
If you want to upgrade, don't go for this one, it will be better spend a few bucks more for a new derailler.But if your stuck with it, it pretty good. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Evgeniy Glazov
a Cross Country Rider
from Moscow, Russia
Date Reviewed: July 16, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Moscow, RF, Silver forest | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | come on bike | | Strengths: | fits on either 8 or 9 speed cassets, stay alive after enomourous crashes, easy to adjust, cheap enough, not so bad | | Weaknesses: | unaffordable work at muddy terrain, water, can't hold chain on jumps | | Similar Products Used: | sis, deor lx | | Bike Setup: | mix deor/alivio, IKE components, alexrims | | Bottom Line: | nothing outstanding, but, for the money it could be bought, product offers effective action applying for non-aggressive xc | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Evan
a
from Canada
Date Reviewed: July 5, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Follow up review | | Strengths: | none | | Weaknesses: | everything | | Similar Products Used: | XTR, SIS | | Bottom Line: | this is a follow up to my last review i take back what i said about it being sh*t, after all, its the biggest fu*king piece ever made! my dads 20 year old SIS is holding up better than this. i just replaced the roller bearing, and the hole fu*king rr deraileur falls apart!! im switching over to a SRAM X-7 set. hope that works better. getting this for free would be paying too much. 0 turds for everything. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Evan
a Weekend Warrior
from Edmonton, AB, Canada
Date Reviewed: July 3, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | came on my bike | | Strengths: | looks good when new and dirt cheap | | Weaknesses: | everything. when i do a 3 ft drop onto a f**king huge downramp on my foes fly, it f**king shifts, and now i need a new bearing for the rollers, need to get it fixed because it wont shift any higher than gear 3 without me manualy tensioning the cable. piece of sh*t | | Similar Products Used: | XT and XTR | | Bike Setup: | Foes fly w/ curnutt ti spring, crap deraileur, truvativ, etc. | | Bottom Line: | never buy it unless its for your grandma's road bike | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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SCOTT DILLON
a Weekend Warrior
from SYDNEY NSW
Date Reviewed: July 3, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | scd_89@hotmail.com | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | IT has none | | Weaknesses: | Always skips down. Up shifting is a masive task for it. tiny drops send it haywire, it can't handle them.
Only for the evry day commuter. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano Alvioli and XT | | Bike Setup: | Iron Horse Ojiki. Duel suspension with manitou stance fork and Fox DH 5.0 shock | | Bottom Line: | Peice of crap that is only good for your 10 year old brothers bike or you mother | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Matthew Richards
a Weekend Warrior
from Melbourne Australia
Date Reviewed: June 20, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | any thing that involves mud | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | Came with bike | | Strengths: | Ummmm cheap thats about it | | Weaknesses: | Ghost shifting,suffer's from cable drag even with new cable set.. | | Bike Setup: | Norco Storm, | | Bottom Line: | Worked good untill my first ride in the mud since then myself or two bike shops cant get it 100% need to push triger half way when on the way up to get the right gear... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Hui Chuen Chuang
a Cross Country Rider
from Penang, Malaysia
Date Reviewed: June 18, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | anywhere | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | came with bike | | Strengths: | shifts well when new....it's black....looks ok....cheap.... | | Weaknesses: | not very accurate....spring isn't stiff enough....doesn't withstand impact....bent easily.... | | Similar Products Used: | altus... | | Bike Setup: | 2005 Trek Fuel 70 (disc) | | Bottom Line: | would recomend for road use (flat terrain) and beginers only...... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jesse campana
a Downhiller
from emerson
Date Reviewed: May 28, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | westwood cycle | | Strengths: | it can get you from one gear to another | | Weaknesses: | they suck, they skip, they don't shift, they snap, they bend, they come loose, they are so hard to adjust.they should die | | Similar Products Used: | thats it | | Bike Setup: | stock faith 3 | | Bottom Line: | they should die. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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adam petten
a
from port de grave
Date Reviewed: May 22, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | mercers | | Strengths: | its good when its new... shifts ok | | Weaknesses: | not da best for downhilling skips alot! won't last long its strong but mine went loose just from shackin i guess i like nvr hit it anything | | Similar Products Used: | XT | | Bike Setup: | stock raleigh | | Bottom Line: | its a good deralier for the price and its kinda a strong... i'd rather get the xt or x7.
its ok for a spear... but for any hard riding u will alwats b adjusting it and it mite shake loose like mine.... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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David Canzoni
a Weekend Warrior
from Middletown,Connecticut,U.S.A
Date Reviewed: May 16, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Wadsworth Masion | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Cycling Concepts | | Strengths: | Deore has great shifting, precise and smooth. Has good backbone and will do the Job. | | Weaknesses: | Weak spring, Causes it to go crazy in the rocky bumpy area's. Harsh shifting up big hills at low speeds. | | Similar Products Used: | XT-great, it does everything deore does and does it better, and does much more. | | Bike Setup: | 04 Gary Fisher Marlin, Softtail. | | Bottom Line: | Much people can use this but I recomend XT! For and extra
$60-80 it will be worth it! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Alan Smith
a Weekend Warrior
from Ottawa, Canada
Date Reviewed: May 2, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | anything | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | good derailler for what it is meant for, shifts quickly, hasn't needed any adjustments yet, good value for the price | | Weaknesses: | on uphill climbs it will sometime have trouble finding the gear, on downhill rides it is very noisy | | Similar Products Used: | sram x.7 | | Bike Setup: | customized oryx equipe 80 | | Bottom Line: | It preforms better than expected for the price, it is a good derailler for someone who is not a top-level rider, but still likes to rip it. It is a bit noisy when going fast, a bit slow when putting lots of pressure-when climbing. It does everything you would expect of a derailler of this level. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
bobby
a Weekend Warrior
from Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date Reviewed: April 25, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | came with the bike | | Strengths: | good at shifting
cheap | | Weaknesses: | after awhile it sorta sucks at it, and on the freeride trails its really really loud like cling clank.... | | Bike Setup: | Devinci cactus Jr. T | | Bottom Line: | It is good at shifting but when it wears down its hard to get better
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Submitted by
Jamie Lynch
a Downhiller
from Conception Missouri
Date Reviewed: April 4, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | came on bike | | Strengths: | Cheap. Black. Is fine to get started on till you can upgrade to XT or SRAM. | | Weaknesses: | Clack Clack Clack Clack! , ghost shifter, cant take more than a two foot drop without a chain tensioner. | | Similar Products Used: | Cheap A$$ wal-mart shimano(altus) | | Bike Setup: | Jamis eureka, DJ II, Race Face Bashguard, Sram X.9 front shifter, deore rear. Stock Hayes 6" mechs. | | Bottom Line: | If you save $300 on a bike because it comes with deore components you can always upgrade XT or X.9 when you are ready(and can aford it). Not the worst peiced of crap I have ridden on. Used to be fine for the type of riding I did till I started doing more jumps and drops. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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rob st.marseille
a Racer
from canada
Date Reviewed: March 30, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Whitefish Falls Loop | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | pinacle sports | | Strengths: | -not expensive
-tough
-reliable | | Weaknesses: | -heavy (for racers anyways)
-pulleys must be kept clean and lubed!!!!!!!!! | | Similar Products Used: | LX, XTR, sram 9.0 | | Bike Setup: | iron horse warrior disc/Manitou Mars super fork/LX cassette/doere deraillieurs/rhynolite wheelset/hayes 6" manuals. maxxis hardrive rubber. | | Bottom Line: | For the price, these products are great. Yep, they are a little heavy-but they are reliable and tough. The key to any drivetrain component is keeping it clean and lubed properly. Most problems begin by neglecting this or being out of control when you ride. I suggest replacing the pulleys with sealed bearing pulleys. This makes it that much better. Downhillers should use a shorter caged outfit. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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David
a Cross Country Rider
from Vancouver, BC, Canada
Date Reviewed: February 16, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | All Vancouver Island, Texada & North | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | MEC | | Strengths: | Very affordable
No worries if it ever shredded off the derailleur hanger which I have a knack of doing. | | Weaknesses: | Wears off easier than higher end derailleurs
Not so strong return spring | | Similar Products Used: | SRAM x.7, LX 570 and XT rear. | | Bike Setup: | GT iDrive with Fox Forx and Cane Creek Cloud 9 rear. | | Bottom Line: | I'm on my 4th derailleur now since the 5 years I owned the bike. I had 2 LXs, one XT and now on a Deore. I had a pretty good experience with a rear Deore on my touring bike. Keeping the price in mind, you'll get what you paid for and so I went with the rear Deore for my GT iDrive. When new, it shifts very well under extreme load when properly adjusted. Right now, it has the XT sealed bearings pulleys from my dead XT rear derailleur (even top end stuff die in 1 year of hard riding!) and the rubber boot from my dead LX. Ever since I changed the pulleys, shifting is smooth and incredible even under crappy conditions where the stock Deore ones would seize up. If your Deore doesn't shift anymore, change them to XT pulleys and they will work again and better.
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Submitted by
Mule
a Cross Country Rider
from Kansas
Date Reviewed: January 3, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | "rip-off" bike shop | | Strengths: | It's black? | | Weaknesses: | Pretty much everything | | Similar Products Used: | XT, LX, and some other no-name Shimano rear's that came on my cheap Mt. Bike's | | Bike Setup: | Iron Horse LE for racing (Adventure racing), and cheap Mongoose "No Name" dual suspension frame w/ lot's up inexpensive upgrades for thrashing on the trail. | | Bottom Line: | OK, here it goes; This derailer is crap!!! I loved my XT, it can't be beat for the price. I'm not one that dumps alot of money into hardware because with my experience it all breaks the same; run a stick into the derailer, it's gone. Land hard and crash, it's finished, doesn't matter if it's $150, or $20. I bought this derailer under the same presumption. Since I bolted it on it never shifted for me. I could dump my shifter into 9th gear and I might get 5th out of the derialer. So I'd leave it there. Soon I'd start to ascend a hill and "BAM", next thing you know it's "auto-shifting" on me into 6th, 7th, 8th.....not good!!! So I'd dump the shifter back to first.....same thing, I might get 3rd, maybe 2nd if I'm lucky......then a lil further down the trail at the most inoppurtune time (like trying to pick up speed descending) "SMASH", auto-shift to 1st, or 2nd. Of course throwing my pedal everytime, possible leading to a crash, or at the very least having to put a foot down.
No amount of adjusting has ever corrected it. I've changed shifter's, cable, and cable housing trying to stay optimistic that is wasn't the derailer, but it was. I've since upgraded to a very inexpensive LX for my "Thrash Bike", but I will stick with the XT or better when it come's to dependable shifting during the important stuff.
I'd give no flaming Chili's for overall rating, but I have to put at least one. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tony
a Cross Country Rider
from Saginaw,Tx,USA
Date Reviewed: December 18, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Anywhere there is dirt | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | came on the bike | | Strengths: | Shifts great. Cheap price. If you bust it in a crash it is cheap to replace. It stays adjusted. | | Weaknesses: | Weight, but who cares no one is paying me to ride a bike. If I finish fast I just get to go home earlier. | | Similar Products Used: | LX and XT. | | Bike Setup: | Hardtail with full deore drive train | | Bottom Line: | This has been on my hardtail since 2001 and still works great. I have rode this bike on and over everything and it shifts almost as good as they day I bought it. You can tell the difference if you upgrade to LX or XT, but it may not be worth the extra cash you pay. Most of all I was impressed with the Deore 9 speed shifters, these work great. I have crashed, rolled, and bounced and they work great everytime. If you are not into the bling bling save the ching ching for other stuff. The flat black one looks the best. Don't think about if if you are into the DH scene. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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justin hill
a Weekend Warrior
from norwood,OH,USA
Date Reviewed: December 6, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | East Fork | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Bio Wheels | | Strengths: | durable and long lasting dependbility and inexspncive | | Weaknesses: | nothing | | Similar Products Used: | sramx.9 | | Bottom Line: | a great product and perfect for all riders axcept DOWNHILL | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dasd
a Weekend Warrior
from das
Date Reviewed: December 1, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | It's great! three gears up, one down. Deore rocks. THe rear is flawless for the cash I paid. Although it might get dirty a few times, this baby rocks. Flawless shifting, smooth, great feeling. Defitnitely not perfect, but ratio of price:performance is excllent. | | Weaknesses: | So far none. But I do mostly street so that might not justify it. | | Similar Products Used: | fake made in china crap (made in PRC, prc also stands for china, people's republic of china) | | Bike Setup: | Nrs 3 | | Bottom Line: | Great great great
I didn't expect this great performance. It's excellent so far. No complaints. Great job, shimano! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Terence Lam
a Downhiller
from Sydney, NSW, Australia
Date Reviewed: September 28, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Came with bike | | Strengths: | These derailleurs are tough, having endured numerous hits from rocks and stuff on the trail, they haven't failed me. I've smashed it up on the trail and broke my hanger w/o anything happening to it but a few scratches. | | Weaknesses: | Well the limit screws undid itself but no big problem, just seal it with loctite! Hmmm....would have appreaciated the cage to be shorter. | | Similar Products Used: | Deore LX, Sram 4.0 ESP. | | Bike Setup: | Diamondback BSX sport. | | Bottom Line: | This is a very desireable derailleur that is cheap but works very well. It is durable and inexpensive to replace. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Lucas
a Racer
from Vejle, Denmark
Date Reviewed: September 10, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Northern Tier | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | www.bikecomponents.de | | Strengths: | It Works!!! | | Weaknesses: | It's a little bit heavy | | Similar Products Used: | Sachs Quarts | | Bike Setup: | Touring bike | | Bottom Line: | This review concerns the 2004 Deore derailleur.
When installing I noticed a little play in the hinges but kept on being fortunate. I used it on a bike trip for 1 month where I did 6000 km in one piece without any breaks.
Results: The derailleur is still like new. No corrosion at all. The hinges stille seem to have the same amount of play (but it didn't have any impact on shifting). The pulley wheels are still fine and when greased they still feel like new. I can't see any wear in those bearings!!
I paid 25 Euros for the piece and for the price it's a catch!! Why?? Because after 6000 km it's still like new. So go for it. The only disadvantage is it's weight - I think it's close to 300 grammes. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Jon
a Weekend Warrior
from Indianapolis
Date Reviewed: September 4, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | OE | | Strengths: | When properly adjusted- shifts precisely and smoothly. Works as it should | | Weaknesses: | None so far | | Similar Products Used: | Deore XT on DS IronHorse Hollowpoint frame | | Bike Setup: | Haro V3 HT w/many upgrades | | Bottom Line: | Although badmouthed by some as a "pretender", my Deore rear works exactly as it should. I have an XT rear on my DS bike and it shifts only slightly smoother. The difference is NOT great. Going back and forth between my Haro HT with the Deore and my IronHorse Hollowpoint frame wih the XT- the shifting difference is very subtle. Both shift flawlessly and hold adjustment very well. I think my XT will last longer as it seems better built, but during the first season for each (3-4 rides per week) the shifting performance is very close to equal. Five chilis for the Deore due to better value! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
darcy
a Weekend Warrior
from western australia
Date Reviewed: August 17, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | overall very good performance for price, if you break anyhting, it aint gunna cost you a bomb. shifts fine, smooth, reliable, but will see what happens when tested. if it comes on your bike, why bother upgrading if it does the job just fine? | | Weaknesses: | with a short cahin setup, the lowest point is the cable adjust barrel, after a tiny knock from below, i have snapped the hollow threaded thingy (looka t any deraillier and you will know what i mean) that connects the cable to the main deraillier body. Also any collisions that it incurs tend to make it loose from the larger bolt. don't worry, it's not as bad as i make it sound and performs well for its price. most of the time it will noy give youy any trouble. | | Similar Products Used: | shimano deore XT, LX, Acera | | Bike Setup: | stock Giant STP-1 | | Bottom Line: | if your not a serious dowhiller or, either an extremely bad or very good freerider, it will give you no trouble. it can be a bit weak but for what you pay for you cant go wrong. it does have its limits though don't get me wrong.assess whether you really need to upgrade.don't be like "but the LX costs more so i will ride better if i have it". | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Kevin
a Weekend Warrior
from Ketchikan, AK
Date Reviewed: June 13, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | It works | | Weaknesses: | when I upgraded to XT for a duribility increase and the performance jump was unexpected and huge. This RD works well, but XT is MUCH better | | Similar Products Used: | 8 speed LX, 9 speed XT | | Bike Setup: | '01 GT i-drive, deore shifters, XT F&R ders | | Bottom Line: | I upgraded the deore RD to an XT after the deore FD literally just up and fell apart three months after buying the bike, I left the deore shifters on (those shifters rock 3,000 miles and counting). I figured that if the FD is that junky the RD may be and I'd rather swap it now than risk a break 20 miles down the road. It did work well up to that point and it does get the job of a RD done. However the performance jump to XT was very unexpected, I was just after higher durabilty / mfg quality. Even with the deore shifters the XT RD made the shifts so smooth it was like riding a different bike. And it wasn't a shop install either, I had adjusted the deore and installed the XT. The XT also stays adjusted much longer, if you have the cash, go XT (though the new ones are that 'low normal' garbage, I'm thinking of trying SRAM when my current der's/shifters wear out), if you don't have the cash, this will work. 5 for value since it's inexpensive, 3 for overall since it's run of the mill | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jason C
a Cross Country Rider
from MN
Date Reviewed: May 12, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | riverfront park | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | OE | | Strengths: | The Deore shifts reliably throughout the entire cassette's range of cogs and is easy to tune and hold its settings. | | Weaknesses: | Upshifting under even a mild load is difficult and the derailleur gives off some horrible grinding sounds. The spring is weak, resulting in nasty chain slap when going off drop-offs as small as 1 ft. On occasion, the chain will drop down to a smaller cog due to the loss of chain tension. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano XT | | Bike Setup: | '03 Haro Extreme X1 - Marzocchi MX Comp w/ETA fork, Fox Float AVA RL, Magura Julie hydro brakes. | | Bottom Line: | I feel the Deore performs well for its price. For the average rider, this derailleur is more than up to the task of everyday riding around campus, to work, etc. However, once the Deore is put to the test by a more aggressive rider, it shows its limitations. For me, the most glaring problem is the weak spring. The trails I like to ride on have numerous small drop-offs about a foot or two in height at most. Even with a protector, my chainstay is taking a good whack every time I get a little air. On top of that, the problem of my chain jumping cogs haunts me on the bigger drop-offs. I have had good experience with Shimano and plan to stick with their products. Once I get some time, I will replace the OE Deore with an XT. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jake Andrew
a Weekend Warrior
from freddy beach canada
Date Reviewed: May 11, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | any northshores, jumps drops... | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Came on bike | | Strengths: | shifts like a baby's bum...can take quite a hit , ive crashed many times on the right side and still is working like when i bought it | | Weaknesses: | well besides the sprokets being rough, everything is fresh. | | Similar Products Used: | shimano alivio | | Bike Setup: | specialized p.2 mainly stock ( tubes and tires ) | | Bottom Line: | sweet derailer, 8 speed is great, pretty strong and dont cost a fortune... an amazing derailer for dirt jumping and urban...some freeride too...I give this thing some chilis for sure | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
GMS
a Cross Country Rider
from Canada
Date Reviewed: May 6, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Shifts like a dream
After 6 months of riding...still PERFECTLY in tune | | Weaknesses: | none yet! | | Similar Products Used: | C-101, SIS, other chrapo crap | | Bike Setup: | Haro Escape 8.1 | | Bottom Line: | This derailer is been just great to me. The only real "issue" i ever had is when it was all full of old gunk from over the winter. Degreased the derailer and chain, and soaked it all down with some 80W90 gear oil. If you are having shifting problems try giving it a good cleaning and some fresh oil.
I have never had it adjusted sience the day i bought the bike, it still slams into gear, quietly, sometimes you have to look back and see if it actually changed because it was so smooth and quiet...it ALWAYS worked for me. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
American Lesion
a Cross Country Rider
from Venango County
Date Reviewed: May 5, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Sandy Creek, Venango County | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | (actually it was on the darn bike) | | Strengths: | Holds adjustment well, relatively quick shifts. Smooth & pretty quiet. Decent price (replacement cost ain't too high, cuz you know you're gonna smoke it) | | Weaknesses: | Same old wear-em out Shimano pulleys. The plastic around the barrrel adjuster has a tendency to crush on Shimano derailleurs. | | Similar Products Used: | Deore XT, Alivio, Acera-X, Shimano 600 Ultergra, Older (1991) Deore LX, Suntour A-5000, Suntour XCE 4050, Shimano XC 7000, Sachs/SRAM Plasma, SunRace M60 (this deraileur is at a similar price point and easily out performs Deore-level stuff, hard to find, but a worthwhile look) | | Bike Setup: | Lake LX-006 Freerider with Diatech disc brakes, Titec Hellbent bars, Zoom stem, seatpost, and Gordo 650-Series DH fork. 2 wheelsets--weinmann/ formula with Diatech and Hope rotors, Sun "Swift Horse" deep section with Joy Tech hubs and stock rotors. Kenda tires on both. WPD-103 pedals. LJ2000 1100 pound rear shock. | | Bottom Line: | Its not SRAM or high-end SunRace by a long shot.Be prepared to tinker with it until you get it right. The design is strong, quiet, and holds adjustment once dialed in. Deore levers shifter pods are the weak link in the group. get yourself some SRAM twisters or a set of attack lever-pods. Sunrace twisters would be fine, too.
If it comes with your bike, use it up, upgrade later. If you are a derailleur-trasher and need a readily findable derailleur that you'll swat and replace 6 months from now, Deore is for you.
Its not a bad derailleur--by a long shot--but there are better ones out there for the same...or just a little more dough. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rubén García
a Cross Country Rider
from Madrid (Spain)
Date Reviewed: May 1, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Every XC | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Ciclos Delicias (Madrid) | | Strengths: | Price, performance, accuracy, looks…. Everything! | | Weaknesses: | Uhm…let me think…. perhaps weight??? | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano SiS, Alivio, STX-RC, LX | | Bike Setup: | My old self-made Chromoly Tange bike, with a mix of Shimano Alivio, STX-RC and Deore | | Bottom Line: | : I bought this thing after my STX-RC blew. The improvement was huge: Accurate and precise, it works still like the first day. It doesn’t need almost to adjust: I tuned it every 1000 Km, after a deep cleaning. I had only some problems in the extreme dry Spanish summer but there were the wires; they were to dry, with dust everywhere and sometimes they blocked it.
To shift up and down is no problem for it, even if you are climbing (I use it with old STX-RC 8 speeds shifter). It is also easy to tune. I am very happy with it and would recommend it for every “normal” XC Rider. I guess it can be destroyed in a hard way to riding, DH, Freeride…
Sorry for the writing mistakes!
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David
a Weekend Warrior
from Kelowna, BC, Canada
Date Reviewed: May 1, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Boss Hog | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | Cyclepath | | Strengths: | Great shifting at first, really smooth. | | Weaknesses: | After five or so months of abuse, the derailleur just decided to quit shifting. | | Similar Products Used: | Deore XT. | | Bike Setup: | 2003 Giant Warp DS1, Fox Vanilla rear, Z1 FR front. | | Bottom Line: | Great for street riding and small jumps, but I don't recommend taking it to high level trails. Made more for the intermidiate level mountain biker. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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ALEX BBB
a Weekend Warrior
from SHEFF/ENGLAND
Date Reviewed: April 18, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | The holy trail | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | J.E JAMES | | Strengths: | GREAT VALUE. | | Weaknesses: | NONE.FOR THE MONEY
| | Similar Products Used: | EVERYTHING APART FROM SRAM 9.0 AND XTR | | Bike Setup: | 2002 KONA STINKEY .STD. U PROBLY KNOW. 2.3,S
| | Bottom Line: | WELL I HAVE HAD IT FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW. AND IT DOSENT NEED REPLACING YET .CANT GO WRONG FOR LESS THAN 20 QUID.ID SAY ULESS UR SERIOUSLY IN TO MOUNTAIN BIKING BUY THIS 1 BECAUSE THE LX AINT MUCH BETTER AND THE XT IS TWICE THE PRICE AND XTR WHAT CAN I SAY.EVEN IF YOU AR A SERIOUS MOUNTAIN BIKER U CANT GO FAR WRONG WITH ONE OF THESE.DO NOT BUY ANY SHIMANO MECHS LOWER THAN THIS THO.THEY BREAK TO EASY.AND ARE GENRALLY CRAP.THIS MECH IS ALSO QUIE CABLE OF DOWNHILLING AND FREE RIDING.SO ID SAY GET ONE.ITS A BARGAIN.
OR IF U DO WANT A LITTLE BIT MORE GO FOR XT.AND DONT PAY MORE THAN 20 QUID FOR IT.
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Submitted by
nash
a Weekend Warrior
from newport news
Date Reviewed: April 7, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay.com | | Strengths: | quick, solid shifting, low price, looks cool | | Weaknesses: | none so far, performs better than it should for the price | | Similar Products Used: | STX, alivio, sis | | Bike Setup: | '98 rockhoppper, deore mix, panaracer, cane creek, selle italle (sp), kore, STX | | Bottom Line: | if you get a good deal, definitely buy this derailleur, i bought it as replacement for my STX, it does the job excellent and in all black looks stealth. it's the mega 9 but i'm running it as a 7 speed set up. nice derailleur. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
JaKo
a Weekend Warrior
from Truro, NS, Canada
Date Reviewed: April 1, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | the well known up and down variety | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Came with the bike | | Strengths: | Shifted well until -- | | Weaknesses: | it chew a bit of tall grass :( | | Similar Products Used: | some Euro stuff, LX, XT ... | | Bike Setup: | MtB | | Bottom Line: | Any deraileur could have done it; however, the Deore had done it to my hanger. Since swithing to LX (and XT on the other bike), I just don't pedal through a tall grass ...
One day perhaps, we'd see an internal shifting and driveshaft instead of the chain and deraileurs ... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steven Avery
a Cross Country Rider
from Banbury, Oxfordshire in England
Date Reviewed: March 30, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | Banbury cycles | | Strengths: | Very smooth shifting. Excellent performance for the money and ultra quiet. | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano Tourney | | Bike Setup: | Dawes 'Watoga' (2002) | | Bottom Line: | This mech is the best out there for the money (£30 in U.K. currency). Absoloutley no flaws at all. It looks good, performs exceptionally and goes on for ages. What more could i say? | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tony
a Cross Country Rider
from Crofton, BC, Canada
Date Reviewed: March 27, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Mt. Tzouhalem | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | came stock | | Strengths: | good consistant performance and looks great | | Weaknesses: | may need to be fine tuned every once in a while | | Similar Products Used: | shimano sis, shimano xt | | Bike Setup: | kona blast with marzocchi mx comp '04s | | Bottom Line: | a very good derailleur for the price that will give you solid perfomance and will last you a long time if you keep it well tuned as i've been using mine for the past 3 years and i haven't had any problems with its perfomance. this derailleur is great for any entry level rider or for someone who wants a decent derailleur that doesn't cost a lot. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jose Lopez
a Cross Country Rider
from Plantation Fl
Date Reviewed: January 20, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Markham & Oleta ( techinicals ) | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Came stock | | Strengths: | It does what it is apose to do | | Weaknesses: | When shifting gears up hill it sound like its breaking and parts are flying off. | | Bike Setup: | Jamis Dakar | | Bottom Line: | Sounds like crap when your shifting while going up hill it jams.The derailers sometimes skips a gear.Go buy ur self some XTs instead. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Travis Jeddore
a Weekend Warrior
from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: November 7, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | N/A... just urban | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | free from friend | | Strengths: | -shifts smooth when it actually works
-cheap
-good looks | | Weaknesses: | -weak
-no spring tension
-heavy for what it is
-nightmare to adjust
-doesnt stay in tune for very long
-pulleys constantly come loose and fall off
must i go on | | Similar Products Used: | sis, acera, xt, alvio, altus, lx | | Bike Setup: | 03 trek 4100... to lazy to list all the upgraded components | | Bottom Line: | its cheap and looks good and shifts nice when setup up right but its hella weak breaks from anyhting and when it comes to tuning and staying in tune well i wont even go there, not to mention ive replaced he pulleys 3 times in the last month and i even tightened them so much i stripped the allen holes in the bolts.
Maybe im being to hard on the little thing but ever since it has completely died on me tonight i thing of how much trouble and hassle it was in the past.
Thought it was a wicked awesome derailleur while it was in good working order. But im going to get an xtr. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Doug
a Weekend Warrior
from Cleveland, oh, USA
Date Reviewed: October 1, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | streets | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | Came on my Schwinn Mesa GSX | | Strengths: | good looking, good performing | | Weaknesses: | not wrapped in $100 bills, has not brought me an ounce of fame, will not help me win the california recall election, does not go out on beer runs when asked. it thinks it can just sit there and shift gears, AND i even have to push a lever to make it do that! | | Similar Products Used: | friend's lx- no difference? deore looks better than that queer lx vlue, anyway. | | Bike Setup: | deore front/rear/shifters, sram 7.0 cassette/powerlink chain | | Bottom Line: | the combo of parts i have on the bike produces excellent shifting. i don't ride over barbed wire, i don't ride northshore style, and i wouldn't, like a reviewer below, put five of anything on anything in a decade, let alone in a year. it works really well, and it's cheap. if you want prettier stuff, by all means spend more, but if you want a part that works, buy this one. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike B.
a Weekend Warrior
from Van Nuys, LA, Cal
Date Reviewed: September 15, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Balboa Basin | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$19.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson | | Strengths: | cheap; well made; performed flawlessly; good looks; easy to install and adjust | | Weaknesses: | none ! | | Similar Products Used: | Acera; LX | | Bike Setup: | 2001 Raleigh M50 with many mods | | Bottom Line: | This unit worked perfectly until a couple of weeks ago when I ran over a long thin wire, which went through the derailleur and the cassette and instantly tweaked the cage out 90 degrees. I was able to remove the wire and bend the cage back down and ride about 5 miles home on gear #4, but my subsequent efforts to repair the item were fruitless. I finally did get it to shift pretty good but the chain kept jumping around at odd intervals. So, I ashcanned the whole thing and got a new XT at SuperGo SM for only $35. The main difference between these two units is that the XT has sealed pulley bearings and waterproof cable boots, which is good because I cross axle-deep streams from time to time.
But up until it got bent, the sturdy Deore was simply perfect. I had it on an 8 speed set-up and it never missed a shift the whole time I had it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Harold Angel
a Weekend Warrior
from Memphis, Tn.
Date Reviewed: August 5, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Stanky Creek | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$39.00 | | Purchased At: | lbs | | Strengths: | Inexpensive, smooth shifting & no adjustments after about 15 rides. | | Weaknesses: | Inexpensive, a little on the heavy side for all you(me) gram counters. I always count the grams & want to get the lightest and strongest parts, but rarely ever do! | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano STX | | Bike Setup: | Old Fuji hardtail. 2 words.... cro-moly! | | Bottom Line: | Tore my STX in half, my local shop had this in a "parts tub",
kind of like my junk drawer at home.
Anyway, it shifts great for how I ride.
If you race, may need something lighter. There are better out there but this is fine for me & the majority of "newbies".
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Andrew
a Cross Country Rider
from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: June 9, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Gnarly @ Hardwood Hills | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$29.00 | | Purchased At: | Ski N' Cycle Hut | | Strengths: | If you're looking for LX performance but you do not want to pay LX prices then pick this up. It is cost effective for the perfomance that it offers. It is a quality shimano product. | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano Alivio | | Bike Setup: | 2002 Oryx T-Line 125, Rhyno Lite Rims, Hayes Hydraulic Disc Brakes, Bomber EXR Fork, M515 SPD Peddles..... | | Bottom Line: | If you are looking for a mid-level entry rear derailleur than the Shimano Deore is right for you. You won't have to brake the bank to get quality shifting and for the cost if offers excellent performance. Buy Deore instead of LX. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
mike
a Downhiller
from vancouver
Date Reviewed: May 15, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | neds atomic dust bin | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | came with bike | | Strengths: | has none, besides the fact that its cheap and easily replaceable. | | Weaknesses: | everything, twigs brake this thing, i've had 5 in the last year. | | Similar Products Used: | none, crap | | Bike Setup: | kona stinky, dual 8" hayes hydro, z1 wedge front, double track rims on shimano deore hubs mrp dh chain guide and a few stock parts. | | Bottom Line: | if u plan on gettin this derailer just make your bike a single speed. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dirt rider ...
a Weekend Warrior
from B.C
Date Reviewed: May 13, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | the watertower | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | came with bike | | Strengths: | Tough, durable, shifts, beautifaly, 11 tooth pullys | | Weaknesses: | none really I broke the pullys out twice in 3 years not a huge deal it happens big woop... | | Similar Products Used: | alivio, sis | | Bike Setup: | Giant NRS judy, mix up of parts | | Bottom Line: | this derailer has been with me goin strong for 3 years I wore the teeth off the pulleys (I replaced them) all ive done is lube the moving parts twice a year keep my chain lubed and thats it the thing has scraches and the deore is nearly worn off its must have had at leats 3000 shifts on it, boy it could tell a story im super happy whith this product I dont wanna spend a ton of cash on a XT or XTR when im getting durability and prefomance like this from my beatiful little black deore.
im sold deore forvever | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pierre
a Cross Country Rider
from Laval,Québec,Canada
Date Reviewed: May 10, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Strengths: | Nice look, precise shifting when properly adjusted, big pullys provide less friction, gain alittle more respect from other riders. | | Weaknesses: | It hits the frame pretty often, shifts slower on 9spd cogs that on 8spd. It could be alittle stifer but after all; it's not an XTR. | | Similar Products Used: | STXrc, alivio, Deore XT, sram 5.0, suntour cyclone mII, simplex prestige, acera, altus, tourney, SIS, falcon, and many more... | | Bike Setup: | Deore deraillers, crank, hubs, shifters, cogs, chain, | | Bottom Line: | It is much better than alivio. It makes you apreciate cycling much more. ALL OF THIS CAN HAPPEN ONLY FROM PROPER MAINTENANCE.
know, your deraillers and know how to clean them, it's no use going to the store. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dr Bone
a Weekend Warrior
from Pekin, IL
Date Reviewed: May 2, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Indy | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Price, Durability, smooth | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | LX | | Bike Setup: | Rockhopper, duke race, lx groupo, titec tubes. | | Bottom Line: | This has taken abuse for 2 years now and I'm just now considering changing it. Reason, I threw my bike against a tree. Not covered under shimano warranty. I'm gonna buy another deore. Why spend more and get less? | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Walter Guan
a
from Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Date Reviewed: May 2, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | OEM | | Strengths: | Looks good, perfoms well, held up better than LX, cheap. | | Weaknesses: | Kinda heavy | | Similar Products Used: | LX XT GS9.0 | | Bike Setup: | GT Zaskar, Deore, Avid SD Mag, XT levers, GS centera, judy race total air. | | Bottom Line: | This is a great product that works. I have it for 2 years and its still going strong. It only needed tuning 3 times. Survive multiple crashes. If you're not doing competition, these are recommended. If u are, go for something better. They look great as well. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
itchy
a
from Dresden
Date Reviewed: April 29, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Müllers Fahrradladen | | Strengths: | Cheap. Shifts smoothly at first. | | Weaknesses: | Doesn't shift into highest gear (outer cog) reliably. Return spring doewn't seem powerful enough. | | Similar Products Used: | Most of Shimano's MTB groups and also some of their Road components. Test ridden some Campy components. | | Bike Setup: | Swiss made, 26" Villiger Cabonga trekking frame made from lugged, horizontally ovalized and tapered, Oria cromo steel from Italy (built to haul travel luggage). I scavanged the Deore rear deralleur from my other bike temporarilly. | | Bottom Line: | Works extremely well at first, but then loses precision noticeably. I've ridden mostly road miles in eastern Europe and have owned it for less than a year. I clean it regularilly and even replaced the cable to ensure smooth operation. Despite this, it just won't shift reliably to the outer cogs.
People around here bike lots of miles-per-year to commute and bike dealers say that unreliable high-gear shifting is a common problem they see with Deore rear derailleurs. I'm thinking about tweeking the main spring...if it doesn't work, then nothing is lost. Rest of Deore group seems ok, but I think Shimanski could easily change the design of their rear derailleur spring. Of course, maybe that's how they get people to upgrade to XT. Too cynical? | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rob
a Cross Country Rider
from maryland
Date Reviewed: March 10, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | came with bike | | Strengths: | the over all proformance mud. water. snow nothing can stop a soth shift with this veristle tool..... | | Weaknesses: | i get little respect by riders with any thing higher than LX | | Similar Products Used: | i don't know i rode single speeds | | Bike Setup: | 02' raleigh m-80 full deore | | Bottom Line: | great component will macth/out profrom any other derialers out there | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve
a Downhiller
from GP, AB, Canada
Date Reviewed: March 1, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Strengths: | It is cheap, gets the job done, and is mighty tough for what you pay. | | Weaknesses: | Well if you play with gears all the time(XC, etc)your obviously gonna notice a slight diff in shifting as per say Xt/Xtr. But for me, I dont give a flyin rats ***, it shifts to what I want thats all I need | | Similar Products Used: | LX/XT, grippies...... | | Bike Setup: | Dhi race 01, 02 Monsters, hfx 9, block 8 crankpipes, d321, diabolus....... | | Bottom Line: | I can see why alot of people dont like them, they compare them to higher level deraillers. Its like comparing a ccm bike to say a santa cruz. Your not gonna get xtr shifting out of a 60 dollar derailler.
I will stand by this derailler because it is inexpensive, does the job and hey if it takes the 6ft fall its only 60bucks to replace. And for people that do have problems with it, theres a simple application called maintenence, use it, it works wonders.
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Submitted by
Max
a Cross Country Rider
from Baltimore
Date Reviewed: February 23, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Robert E. Lee Park | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | Came as stock on bike | | Strengths: | Smooth shifting | | Weaknesses: | Although shifting is smooth, I think the shifting rate is too slow | | Similar Products Used: | shimano lx, shimano alivio, sram 4.0 | | Bike Setup: | 2000 Giant Iguana SE w/ 2003 Rockshox Duke XC U-turn, shimano derailleur setup deore/alivio | | Bottom Line: | Good for biking around the city and regular trail riding, strong and standard, only broke when I crashed my bike off a 2 foot cliff. I do harder xc riding, so I'm thinking of upgrading to a lighter, faster shifter like xt or xtr, possible sram 9.0 or x.0 Keep it if it came as a stock part unless your in my situation and need to upgrade. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Russell Ruggiero
a Weekend Warrior
from West Windsor, NJ, USA
Date Reviewed: February 22, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | R&D | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Jay's Cycle | | Strengths: | Smooth & Reliable | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | LX and XT | | Bike Setup: | Trek 4900 & Trek 4300 | | Bottom Line: |
Dear
Reader
I took the Deore off my Trek 4900 and put on to my son's Trek 4300. This product smooth and very reliable. We ride all year, and this inexpensive offering has held-up through gravel, mud, and snow.
I have the LX/XT combination on both my Trek STP 200 and Trek 4900, which has been bullet proof. If your bike came with the Deore as standard gear, keep it. When going for the upgrade, bypass LX and go straight for XT.
Sincerely
Russ
PS: Shimano hit the mark on this one.
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Submitted by
mike sively
a Cross Country Rider
from Florida
Date Reviewed: February 17, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | hochimin trail | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$23.00 | | Purchased At: | nashbar.com | | Strengths: | This derailer dose shift good and smooth, and is maid of quality materials. It also has a good finish | | Weaknesses: | This derailer is not very durable for long rides and is very likely to leave you stranded without any chain guide pulleys. It also weighs allot. And must constantly be adjusted. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano STX. Shimano deore LX and Shimano XTR. | | Bike Setup: | Coda cranks and chain rings, shimano ES70 BB, sram PC68 chain, deore LX Front derailer, SRAM 32-11 T.cog, Shimano XTR. Rear hub, and that’s all that I know that can affect the drive train. | | Bottom Line: | The stupid deore derailer fell apart within 35 miles of me installing it. (Though before that it worked well) and left me stuck in the middle of the woods with no upper chain guide pulley. (Though you can fix this problem buy using lock-tight on the bolts) I do not trust this product at all! If I were going to buy a derailer I would look at the XTR's they are the "god" of the derailer world and well worth the 60-80 bucks do it Wright the first time and you will save money by not having to replace you’re crappy parts. But if you don’t think it is worth it than look fore there good old STX's they are the prelude to XTR however they can be found for under $20. Good luck | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Robert
a Weekend Warrior
from Salem OR
Date Reviewed: February 12, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Shifts Smoothly and Fast. Strong and durable little component. | | Weaknesses: | N/A | | Bottom Line: | The Shimano Deore rear derailer is a great mid-range component. It works well in all weather and trail conditions. It is probably more than most riders will need. I do race occasionally and it works fast and smooth when I need it most. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brent
a Downhiller
from Fremont
Date Reviewed: February 11, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Village Bike Shop | | Strengths: | Strong
Cheap
Works Well
| | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano XTR, XT, LX, STX-RC | | Bike Setup: | 2001 Kona Stuff | | Bottom Line: | I think the Deore Derailluer is a great bargin. It is tougher than dirt, and if you do break it who cares because they are so cheap. I use my Kona primarily for dirt jumping, street riding, and freeriding, and this derailluer works fine. Maybe on a XC bike a more expensive XTR would be nice, but who wants to spend the extra cash when you crash and rip the thing in two? Anyways this is a super good product, and I would recomend it to anyone. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ron
a
from Austin
Date Reviewed: January 27, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | online | | Strengths: | Shifts great, smooth, cheap | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | Alivio, Acera, Altus, Tourney | | Bottom Line: | Ive got a new Deore derailleur on my 01 Raleigh. I upgraded from Alivio when I installed new shifters and cassette for optimized performance. I really dont know how it could get any better than this folk. It anything does shift quicker than this, it aint worth the extra cash. I also have an old old Deore derailleur on my late 80's Diamondback and it still works great. Ive had great luck with everything made by Shimano, even the bottom of the barrel Tourney stuff that was on my huffy. Oh yeah, did yall know its possible to install a rear derailleur without breaking the chain? Yep, you just gotta take off the back of the cage and feed the chain through the pulleys. This can save some time if you have a tough chain to break. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chas
a Cross Country Rider
from Nashville ,TN
Date Reviewed: January 19, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | any | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | stock | | Strengths: | Works fine.No problems in 250mi. | | Weaknesses: | None so far. | | Similar Products Used: | Demoed most types. | | Bike Setup: | mostly stock Fuel 80 | | Bottom Line: | Gets the job done cheep.Will upgrade to XTR when it breaks or starts to work poorly.After 250mi. seems good as new.Maybe cleaning and lubeing frequently helps. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andrew
a Weekend Warrior
from Metropolis IL
Date Reviewed: January 18, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | whatever i see | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$24.00 | | Purchased At: | Price Point | | Strengths: | precise shifting, can take 7-9 speed, easy to install. | | Weaknesses: | I seen these reviews and they said they were strong, well to me there not for some reason, i made a 3 foot jump and the thing busted right in half, destroyed my spokes and everything but lucky enough Price Point took it and gave me another one for free. | | Similar Products Used: | Alivio, LX, grip shift | | Bike Setup: | all deore components, sunringle zuzu, front rear fenders, azonic stem, its a schwinn s-30 from wal-mart it sucked when i first bought it but now its the best bike ive ever ridden on so dont be laughin | | Bottom Line: | This is a very precise derailleur, but for some reason it snapped on me, not very trustworthy but awell still do everything on it | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
David Z
a Weekend Warrior
from London
Date Reviewed: December 6, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Minising Bike triail | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Lloyds | | Strengths: | Strong, can take anything, bashed it agianst a curb and it still works fine | | Weaknesses: | I'll tell you when I find one | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano TY-?? stuff and Altus | | Bike Setup: | 2002 norco Bigfoot | | Bottom Line: | strong, BUY IT!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Marco Alberio
a Weekend Warrior
from Italy
Date Reviewed: November 11, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Brianza | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Strengths: | rock solid, easy to setup, easy maintenance, honest price. | | Weaknesses: | it haven't the XTR signature, plastic bearing pulley, ceramic are mooooore precise/durature. | | Similar Products Used: | XT | | Bike Setup: | custom full, custom Trek VRX 300 | | Bottom Line: | This is the cheaper Deore level. Few grams more than its brothers, it is perfect when I change the pulley with XT ceramic bearings pulleys. Plastic bearings (like XTR too) are lightweight but with short life. I just buy one other new for 25$, what I can say more ? | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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