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SRAM ESP 5.0 Rear Derailleur Derailleur
Product DescriptionSRAM ESP 5.0 Rear Derailleur
User Reviews
Submitted by
dehess
a Cross Country Rider
from Decatur, GA USA Date Reviewed: January 2, 2010 Strengths: Rode over 15,000 miles with no problems, even after hitting it on a curb. Only occasional minor adjustments and lube. Shifts cleanly and reliably. Weaknesses: None that I experienced Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Purchased At: Came with Rans Tailw Similar Products Used: None Bike Setup: Truvativ Elita Crankset, Shimano Sora Front Derailleus, SRAM 5.0 Rear Derailleur and Shifter, SRAM 5.0 11-32 Cassette
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Balazs
a Cross Country Rider
from Budapest, Hungary Date Reviewed: June 6, 2007 Strengths: Smooth and fast operation. Much better than its concurrent Alivio. Weaknesses: I did not find any. For my purposes, it is perfect. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $20.00 Purchased At: Local Bike Shop Similar Products Used: Shimano Tourney, Acera, STX, Alivio, Deore Bike Setup: Kona Caldera 2005, SRAM 5.0 and Alivio, Deore, LX components, Schwalbe Stelvio 26x1,1 tires.
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scott
a Cross Country Rider
from maine Date Reviewed: August 27, 2005 Strengths: smooth shifting Weaknesses: looks kinda blah Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months Purchased At: came with bike Similar Products Used: sram line Bike Setup: haro shift r3, wtb pure v stealth 
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Kevin
from Michigan Date Reviewed: August 7, 2004 Strengths: worked for 2 years- during which it was never ridden off pavement until today Weaknesses: Piece of $hit. The main housing that contains all the guts and the main spring is made out of a greenish blue plastic. The first 10 feet of off-road that I hit today COMPLETELY killed the thing. One small twig and I look back and see it wrapped around the cassette. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 2 Years Purchased At: LBS Similar Products Used: Walmart crap "SIS", Acera, Alivio, C201, Deore, and the plastic crap that SRAM calls 5.0 Bike Setup: 2001 Univega DS900, with 4-piston XT discs, Selle Italia seat, and soon an XTR real derailleur 
Submitted by
Bernie
from WA Date Reviewed: July 1, 2004 Strengths: Inexpensive. 1:1 "direct pull" is more forgiving of adjustments. Also requires less effort to shift to larger cogs. This product has evolved substantially over the years. The current ESP 5.0 is 8/9 speed compatible and appears to be the 7.0 design of a few years back. Weaknesses: Early designs subject to breakage. A stick snapped the casting where it bolts to the hanger (keeps the hangar from getting bent :+) The earlier models I have say "Carbon Composite" Maybe they mean carbon steel? I see no plastic or carbon composite anywhere in the design Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Da Thrilla Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $30.00 Purchased At: REI Similar Products Used: Shimano LX, STX and Altus. Bike Setup: Barracuda A2FS CrMo hardtail. SRAM 5.0 GripShift. LX front derailleur. Shimano linear pull brakes, Tekro levers, Hutchinson Mosquito Gold tires.
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Pablo Pizarro
a Weekend Warrior
from Caracas, Venezuela Date Reviewed: August 20, 2003 Strengths: When it's clean and lubed, it shift....well let me think if there is anything else, maybe...it shift when is really clean and lubed. and additionally, when you keep it clean and lubed it shift. But nothing else. Weaknesses: everything, think how to keep a rear derraliuer clean while you are in the middle of ride. crossing rivers, small ones, and going uphill and downhill. 15 miles away from civilization. it´s difficult. But think when your rear tire get flat, you change the tube and when you put rear tire on it´s place, and with your HAND!!!!! you pedal to lead chain to the selected cogs, and suddenly hear and strange noise, as if something have broken. Yes, it was the F......plastic rear POS derrailleur. it brokes!!!! only when I was pedaling with my hand with Bike upside down. to adjust chain. 15 miles away of everything, image me and my bike walking uphill crossing 26 times a river and WALKING!!! what the h..l composite means, cheap plastic?. Well now I have to relace it, but worse is that the bike has ESP 5.0 Shifter, and supposedly is not compatible with SHIMANO. because I won´t buy SRAM anymore. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Purchased At: came w/bike Similar Products Used: SHIMANO, SHIMANO, SHIMANO Bike Setup: Old pro flex reptile with almost all components upgraded, and off course not SRAM anymore
Submitted by
Ron
from Austin Date Reviewed: January 27, 2003 Strengths: Shifts fast, precise, and smooth Weaknesses: nothing mechanical, but it looks like chunky Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 6 months 
Submitted by
pritch
a Weekend Warrior
from Bristol, UK Date Reviewed: September 19, 2001 Strengths: umm... Weaknesses: just about evrything NOTE THIS A REVIEW FOR THE FRONT DERAILLEUR Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Leigh Woods Duration Product Used: 3 months Similar Products Used: Alivio:), STX-RC, LX etc. Bike Setup: Saracen Havoc '01, now with total LX upgrade 
Submitted by
Tod
a Weekend Warrior
from Kalispell, MT Date Reviewed: July 30, 2001 Strengths: Cost Weaknesses: Seem to have to keep it REALLY clean. Only works with SRAM shifters. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 6 months Similar Products Used: Shimano Bike Setup: Bianchi Lynx SX
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Duncan
a Weekend Warrior
from scotland Date Reviewed: July 6, 2001 Strengths: not too bad shifting if it works Weaknesses: cheap, not very strong plastic Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: wall Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $30.00 Similar Products Used: sram 5.0 Bike Setup: trials
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Jeff
from Florida Date Reviewed: March 11, 2001 Strengths: seems to work Weaknesses: looks much lower quality then deore xt Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Similar Products Used: deore xt Bike Setup: trek fuel 80 mostly stock
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tj x
a Downhiller
from wilton CT Date Reviewed: October 19, 2000 Strengths: cheap, easy to install, cheap, the fact that if it breaks it was only 20 dollars it comforting Weaknesses: slow shiftin Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: fast Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $20.00 Purchased At: near by sport store Similar Products Used: friends lx, had a 9.0 composite but that snapped right in half Bike Setup: iron horse sgs dh, hayes 8inch in front, hayes 6inch in rear, 00' boxxer, halfpipe shifters, 7 in the rear fox RX
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Erik Friedman
a Weekend Warrior
from Chicago, IL Date Reviewed: April 4, 2000 Strengths: looks good Weaknesses: mud Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: anywhere in telluride Duration Product Used: 3 months Similar Products Used: all suntour products Bike Setup: Bridgestone MB3, esp 5.0, manitou fork,
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Harold Dick
a Weekend Warrior
from Nashvile Tennesee Date Reviewed: November 13, 1999 Strengths: Works fine until it snaps in half Weaknesses: Cheap plastic-composite parts, Snaps in half Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Wally World Duration Product Used: 6 months Similar Products Used: pokemon horn/siren/radio Bike Setup: Trek 830, with atom-bomb upgrade
Submitted by
Curtis
a Cross-Country Rider
from Eden Prairie, MN Date Reviewed: July 31, 1999 Strengths: Great, fast shifting at first Good shifting over a few gears quickly Weaknesses: Shifting one gear deteriorates after riding on rough trails Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: River Bottoms Duration Product Used: 6 months Similar Products Used: Shimano Bike Setup: Fisher Marlin
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