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Joe Kitchell
a Date Reviewed: April 25, 2012
Strengths: This is a really strong and reliable derailleur. I ran this for a good 10 years on a bike that was used everyday and it gave no problems at all. The design is identical to the slightly older XT model, the only difference being that the chainguide is all steel on this model and the XT is half alloy. You still get the same performance at an excellent price.Weaknesses: Doesn't have the "glam factor" or higher-range derailleursBottom Line: It's a well-finished good looking piece of kit. It won't make your peers swoon with envy but you get the top line performance at a price where you won't cry if you knot it up in a branch.
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oscar
a Cross Country Rider
from miami,florida,united statesDate Reviewed: September 6, 2010
Strengths: its bullet proof trust me i know. i lost my leg overseas and i just started rideing agian and the STX is smooth and effient like an american and an M4A1 UNSTOPABLE.Weaknesses: NONE to date .has over 20,000 miles on it and i just started adding.i hope i don't jinks it.Bottom Line: if it works well well let it work i have been rideing since the early 1990's on and off road on the velo sport it was an 18speed and i upgraded to 21speed putting a sachs 7speed gear and STX rear derailleur.the STX has never failed me and i have gone on some real tough trails and in the sand on the beach shifting in deep sand and it never failed.i wouid buy it again .
Favorite Trail: any
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Price Paid:
$60.00
Purchased At: bike shop back in 19
Similar Products Used: suntour
Bike Setup: velo sport
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EarthJourney
a Weekend Warrior
from MI, TN, GADate Reviewed: June 26, 2009
Strengths: Great shifting (in dirty conditions) - seems to be bombproof by my way of thinking.Weaknesses: NONE! I'd buy it again in a NY minute.Bottom Line: It's over 10 years old - granted used primarily on the weekends only - but this STX RC has been through hell and back (as has the bike). I'm big (wt varies from 225 - 235) and I ride HARD. This derailleur has taken all I've thrown at it and asked for more. To top it off - the care I've given it hasn't been very good. Several folks have given it low marks - ??? Friends w/higher end bikes consistently had more issues w/their derailleur - I've never had one (and I rode more consistenly and harder than they). I've also got a road bike w/XTR and it's far more tempormental than the STX.
Favorite Trail: Anything in the mtns.
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Purchased At: Came on the bike
Similar Products Used: XTR
Bike Setup: '96 or 97 GT Tequista
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Chris
a Cross Country Rider
from ConnecticutDate Reviewed: April 28, 2008
Strengths: Smooth shifting, low maintenance, good looks.Weaknesses: Lack of respect from label - it ain't LX, XT, XTR, etc.Bottom Line: Great product for the money. I really can't tell the difference between this and my new XT/XTR setup on my new bike. Shame the current Deore series isn't as good! I wish they still made these...
Favorite Trail: Black Mt. Canberra Australia
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Price Paid:
$50.00
Purchased At: Came with bike
Similar Products Used: Deore, LX, XT, XTR, SRAM X.7/X.9
Bike Setup: GT i-Drive 5 1.0 (XT/XTR)
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Ricardo Prado
a Cross Country Rider
from Campinas, SP, BrazilDate Reviewed: December 6, 2007
Strengths: Unbreakable! It has been shifting the gears of my '98 Cannondale F700 for almost 10 years. Occasional cleanning and ajusting (every 200 km or so). Precise and everlasting. This product line is outstanding: I also own STX RC hubs and I have never seen anything that rolls as much as these.Weaknesses: Hardly anybody is familiar with this derailleur here: no market value (but, hey, who's selling??)Bottom Line: Great, great deal.
Favorite Trail: Atacama Desert - Chile
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Similar Products Used: SRAM X9 on my brand-new-still-shinning Speciallized Stumpjumper 2008...
Bike Setup: 1998 Cannondale F700 - Fork Manitou SX LT 100mm, Handle bar Titec, Seat post Thomson Elite, Seat SPZ BG Sport, Shifters Deore XT, Front and Rear Derailleur STX RC, Rims Sun CR18, Hubs STX RC, Back Tyre Maxxis Larsen TT, Front Tyre Maxxis Minotaur.
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Cameron
a Weekend Warrior
from Kettering, Ohio, USADate Reviewed: October 15, 2007
Strengths: Lasts forever.Weaknesses: I have both the STX and the STX-RC. The STX is in better shape right now, but it has the nut style cable pinch, instead of the 5mm allen bolt that's on the RC and is common now.Bottom Line: This thing last forever. It's not officially 10 years old, and it shifts great. I took it out two days this weekend, with hard climbs, puddles, rocks, and never missed a shift. As long as it's set up properly, I can't find fault with it. It also has a smoked metal color, which looks sweet, even better than the current shifters.
Favorite Trail: MoMBA
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Bike Setup: Kona Fire Mountain ('98), Haro Escape ('98)
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John
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDate Reviewed: February 13, 2007
Strengths: Durability, weight, colour, clean & crisp shifting.Weaknesses: None.Bottom Line: This review is for a *Shimano STX* rear derailleur, it does not say "RC" (racing) on the sticker on the derailleur. It came stock on my 1996 GT Ricochet, it has over 10,000kms on it and has been 100% trouble-free. The silver colour blends in well with the rest of the bike, it has given me years of clean & crisp shifting.
Bottom Line: This rear derailleur is just as good as my Shimano Deore XT on my 2001 Trek Fuel 90 Disk.
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Purchased At: Stock on my 1996 GT Ricochet - D'Ornellas Bike Shop (1996)
Similar Products Used: Shimano Deore XT.
Bike Setup: 1996 GT Ricochet
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matt
a Weekend Warrior
from mississaugaDate Reviewed: May 24, 2006
Bottom Line: This came on my LTS in about 1997-98. It shifts about as well as an XT. How do i know? I have an XT deraillieur now, and i compared them, this is what i found..
the colour is different
the spring on the XT is just slightly stronger, or it could be my imagination
the bottom plastic wheel on a XT has a sealed bearing, and the STX isnt. I dont have a weight scale, but im pretty sure they are nearly the same weight.
in other words, people who have had problems with this stx part and tell you that you need to go to LX or XT have
#1 no clue how to properly adjust a deraillieur (lousy shifts)
#2 do not have things tight (falling off twisting etc)
#3 genuinly have really bad luck, because essentially your buying XT parts before they were called XT.
If you have an older bike that needs a decent shifter, buy a STX it`l cost you nothing and it should work well as long as it isnt damaged
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
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John
a
from Workington, UKDate Reviewed: January 6, 2006
Strengths: Lasted 12 years with only occasional adjustment and cleaning before worn beyond use. It was used in very dirty environments with chain stretched beyond shimano measurement guage limit and still could possibly be repaired by replacing bushes and spring to fight another day.Weaknesses: No weaknesses, bad workmen blame their tools on this site.Bottom Line: Do they make them any more?
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
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barry burnham
a Cross Country Rider
from la pine or usaDate Reviewed: November 12, 2005
Strengths: has always been reliableWeaknesses: minor adjustments about once a yearBottom Line: i have been using this bike with the stx derailer that came with it for 11 years. i have riden it everywhere and almost everyday. it still performs well to this day.
Favorite Trail: anywhere
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Price Paid:
$300.00
Purchased At: fullerton schwinn
Similar Products Used: '91 xt
Bike Setup: '94 gt tequest rigid fork
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Julie Panthei
a Cross Country Rider
from Winnipeg Manitoba CanadaDate Reviewed: July 15, 2005
Strengths: Sleek design-not too bulky. Has little chainslap when adjusted properly. Had the part for 7 years and still works well after daily riding and standard tuneups.Weaknesses: Hard to tuneup on the fly and needs expert tweaking for crisp shifting. Better for lighter riders on moderate trails.Bottom Line: Came with the bike and has worked well with daily use. Keep it if you're a light rider mostly into moderate technical trails or touring. Forget it if you're a heavier rider into thrashing technical terrain or an advanced xc trail rider- get upgrades (or have a whole other bike for that).
Favorite Trail: Local
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Purchased At: Gooch's bike shop
Similar Products Used: Sram,Deore,LX,XT
Bike Setup: Mongoose Rockadile, Rock Shox,Deore and LX mix
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Jessica
a Downhiller
from Labrador CityDate Reviewed: March 16, 2004
Strengths: Shifts easily when new...Weaknesses: Pain in the butt to adjust, takes a long time to move chain between gears.Bottom Line: I liked the STX RC when I first bought it but after 3 years of wear and tear it hasn't worked properly since. When I go up steep hills it refuses to change gears. Sometimes I got give the thing a good kick for it well work, probably making it worst but it sure do ease my frustrations!
After I decided to use the decore and its been worken awesome for me since.
Favorite Trail: Smokey Mountain
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Purchased At: C &S Sports
Similar Products Used: Shimano Decore, Alivio
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Ryan
a Downhiller
from Bethlehem PA USADate Reviewed: September 12, 2003
Strengths: absoutly none what so ever.Weaknesses: Everything imaginable.Bottom Line: This STX came with my bike and it is the worst deralier on gods green earth. riding not jumping down about a 40 foot staircase with about 4 feet inbetween each stair my rear wheel locked up about halfway down. luckily i made it to the bottem with me life. when i looked at me rear wheel the derailer was upside down bending my spokes to about a 90 degree angle. When i attempted to move it back to the normal position the two lower (what should be lower) guide wheels and bracket snapped off and when i picked it up off the ground the guides looked like a butterfly. if you want to live to ride another day dont but this piece of crap!!!!!!!!!
Favorite Trail: Local Single Track
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Purchased At: Internet
Similar Products Used: Shimano Decore
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Rips
a
from Pickering, Ontario, CanadaDate Reviewed: April 17, 2003
Strengths: Price.Weaknesses: Broke second ride out.Bottom Line: What a POS! It was a bit hard to setup but after that shifting great (for about 1/2 a ride). Then the problems started. For some reason it grabs the chain and temporarily jams the rear wheel. The worst case was going downhill at 40 MPH; talk about scary. Then when I was cranking up a short steep hill the thing jammed my chain totally locking the rear wheel. Couldn't get out and rolled backwards down the hill on my butt (luckily no one was around). Had a look at it and the limit screw stop (where the screw actually pushes against the der.) had snapped right off allowing it to go fully into my rim. Taking it back today.
Favorite Trail: Durham Forest/Dagmar
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$20.00
Purchased At: Bay Cycle
Similar Products Used: XT, LX, Deore
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Joe
a Racer
from San JoseDate Reviewed: April 6, 2003
Strengths: Strong and clean shifting.Works with both Shimano and Suntour topmount shifters and thumbshifters in index and friction mode.Low cost replacement for upgrading vintage mountain bikes.Weaknesses: NoneBottom Line: The STX R/C 'IS' the former Shimano XT 8 speed derailluer.
Parts are interchangable with the XT.
Placed side by side,there is very little cosmetic difference between the two derailluers.
The only differences between the STX R/C & XT is that the STX derailleur body is polished with the STX sticker.The XT version has the black wrinkle finish with printed XT logo.
Also the 'SIS' is stamped on the STX cage while the 'SIS' is silkscreened on the XT cage.
Performance wise it's the same derailluer.Clean shifting and strong.I updated this derailluer with the Bontranger/Titec titanium hanger bolt and cable bolts and replaced the original Shimano ceramic pulleys with Shift Biscuit alloy pulleys.The result is a lightweight bargain shifter.
The STX is a bargain replacement derailluer for those who want to replace the hard to find XT derailluer on their old-school rigid
mountain bike.
If you want a good derailluer cheap,the STX is a former race proven design.If you want to cough up lots of cash for a beat up original XT derailluer on EBAY so you can be cool with the XT crowd,feel free.Only the ones who know better will laugh at you.
Favorite Trail: Grant Ranch East San Jose
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Purchased At: Schwinn Moab3
Similar Products Used: Shimano XT Deore 8 speed derailleur
Bike Setup: 1993 Scott Unitrack w/ Unitrack LF fork/XTR
1990 Specialized Rockhopper/XT
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