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Submitted by
Joakim Prestmo
a Racer
from Norway
Date Reviewed: June 22, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | It's ligther, faster and easyer than shimano. And works just as good. | | Weaknesses: | None so far. And I guess there will be no problems in to the future. | | Similar Products Used: | XT, STX-rc, Nexave, XTR. | | Bike Setup: | GT avalanch le. | | Bottom Line: | I see no resons too use shimano XT or XTR, when SRAM 9.0 is way better. Run to the store and buy it. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris
a Cross Country Rider
from Belfast, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date Reviewed: June 19, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Very very light, very very sexy, very very very good at changing gear (lest we forget what this is about). easy to set up and look after. | | Weaknesses: | It seems to attract bad reviews from people that fail to understand the product before they purchase it. ESP 9.0 (1999/2000) has no weakness. | | Similar Products Used: | full XTR rapidfire for years and years | | Bike Setup: | 99 Sunn Urge UN, 99 Z2 BAM Light forks, Arch Rival 50's, ESP 9.0 mechs, shifters + brake levers, Race Face cranks, Syncros, Flite, XTR spuds... | | Bottom Line: | This new SRAM stuff is very very very good. No dispute.
Sure you can't mix and match with the big S because of the new actuation ratio. Mix and match sucks anyway, people only do it to look like they really know it all, but in the end you are only throwing away the intergrated performance that SRAM or big S or whoever have tried to create. Big S stuff is strong and the XTR is pretty faultless, I know, I have miles on it, but the SRAM is lighter, faster, more positive, I doubt I will go back, ever. The prices are pretty high though, only time will tell if it can truly last like an XTR, but these days we either smash it up on a rock (nothing survives that, at any price), or decide we like the new version before anything actually wears out anyway, so who are we kidding? Everybody should consider SRAM, there is now a genuine alternative to big S. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rob Gibbons
a Cross Country Rider
from NH-USA
Date Reviewed: June 10, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | Massabesic | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Easy tuning, crisp shifts | | Weaknesses: | none yet | | Similar Products Used: | shimano shifters | | Bike Setup: | gripshift esp9 and xt from cranks and rings | | Bottom Line: | I have found the gripshift to be an overall better product than shimano. I've had it for 1 year and still luv. I beat on it 2. Still shifts real crisp and is easy to tune. If you buy last year's model you'll save a lot of money. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
kabby hong
a Cross Country Rider
from parker, co 80134
Date Reviewed: March 8, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | walker ranch | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Lightweight | | Weaknesses: | strength, reliability, performance | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano XT, XTR | | Bike Setup: | Litespeed Obed, Atom Bomb, XTR, Chris King headset | | Bottom Line: | I want to preface my review by saying that in all the years that I have been riding I have never had a product let me down as much as this derailler. I was on a very long and isolated ride when I heard a crunch sound and my chain suddenly suffered massive failure. I looked down and saw that the SRAM derailler had sheared off right in the middle leaving me completely stranded. I was more than 10 miles from town and my only path home was to backtrack three miles down the trail and hopefully hitchhike the rest of the way. Three hours later I finally made it. I went to my local bike shop and I showed them the defective derailler and the mechanic said that in 10 years he's never seen a derailler fail right in the middle!! I sent SRAM and email about my situation so I have yet to hear back from them. I can't say whether all SRAM deraillers are as defective as the one I received but my experience was a nightmare. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jason
a Racer
from Cincinati, Ohio USA
Date Reviewed: March 2, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | Fort Thomas | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Light, US made, Plastic. ESP is easier to use than rapidfire, cheaper, and is more durable. I would use only Gripshift on a downhill bike. | | Weaknesses: | MUD. Unless you wear gloves, don't expect to shift in the mud. If you do wear gloves, go at it! | | Similar Products Used: | Everything | | Bike Setup: | Mountain Cycle Moho with ESP 9.0 system mixed with LX and Stainless, Gore and Teflon cables
Bontrager RaceLite with newer ESP 9.0 SL system, mixed with chichi parts. Stainless and Teflon cables | | Bottom Line: | The system is the best if you wear gloves or stay out of the mud. Otherwise, I would recommend a Rapidfire based system. When talking to Sram, they deny that there is a problem, so they may never fix it. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
spencer fetrow
a Cross Country Rider
from york pa (fat capital of the world)
Date Reviewed: March 1, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | lake Redman trail 5- 6 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | light and just as good as xtr. they shift fast too. if you love gripshift its the only way to go. | | Weaknesses: | my rear dr. got a nice size chiped off from a tree i think..might have been a rock | | Similar Products Used: | xt, alivo | | Bike Setup: | cadd 3 w/ fatty D. sun rims,xt crank, wild gripper, and sram 900 shifters and rear dr. pluse xt front dr. | | Bottom Line: | bottom line? these things are great, i wouldnt trade them for the world.if u havent tryed them your missing out! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rob Zing
a Cross Country Rider
from MS
Date Reviewed: January 17, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | Clear Springs | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Fast, flawless shifting. Fatter plastic knuckles for 2000 may be more durable than older models. Weird alien looking shape. Integrated "slideamajig" gives straight-in cable routing. | | Weaknesses: | Incompatable with the rest of the world. | | Similar Products Used: | GripShift 800 & XT rear der; full LX set-up | | Bike Setup: | Y-22 w/Fox Alps 4 | | Bottom Line: | If you like twist-shifting, this is the way to go. I messed around for 4 years with old GripShift 800's and XT rear deraileurs, and while I could get it to shift pretty well, things were never as snappy as friends with full Shimano or full SRAM systems. Then my 800's cracked last month (surprise!), and I bit the bullet. 150 miles later, I don't regret it -- these pups work.
Durability has reportedly been a problem on SRAM rear deraileurs in the past. For 2000, they have these BIG FAT knuckles on the 9.0 & 7.0 models (the 9.0SL stayed about the same). Guess I'll find out how tough it really is. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Daniel
a Cross Country Rider
from Germany
Date Reviewed: January 16, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | Works like a charme with GORE cables, even if completely covered with mud. Almost never needs readjustment and is really accurate... | | Weaknesses: | Have broken 3 of them already. The carbon plastic material seems to be too weak to hold the two aluminum parts in place when shifting under extreme power. Although this happened for 3 times, I was always able to ride the bike home (or to the finish line). SRAM replaced every single derailer without any problems...
If you want to use this derailer with cannondale Raven or Super-Vee's, you might experience difficulty when taking out the rear wheel, as the drop-outs on these bikes do not allow for bending the derailer as far back as on other bikes. This is necessary, because this derailers top wheel reaches further towards the front of the bike than others.
I fixed it by removing some aluminum from my drop out, so I can now turn the derailer really far back and up... | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano XT, XTR, Sachs Plasma (excellent!!) | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale Raven, Mavic Crossmax, ESP 9.0, Fatty 70, Magura Raceline brakes, Steinbach seatpost and cranks, Tune bottom bracket, Azonic handlebars, Specialized Dirt Master/Control Team tires, Selle Italia Flite evolution saddle... | | Bottom Line: | If you have a good dealer around who would send the broken unit in and meanwhile give you a new one...go for it. It works great...if they had made it only a little bit stronger! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kent Stevens
a Weekend Warrior
from Caledonia, MI
Date Reviewed: March 24, 1999 | | Favoriate Trail: |
Deeplake, Yankee Springs | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Strengths: |
beautiful finish
sharp looking
quickest shifting I know
reliable
Just overall made it a better bike | | Weaknesses: |
none | | Similar Products Used: |
ESP7.0 | | Bike Setup: |
deore LX drivetrain with the schwinn S95.3 | | Bottom Line: | A very good, reliable piece of equipement that makes your ride that much better. I would suggest it to anyone who is looking for a good upgrade. My 7.0 broke so i took it back to the dealership, and they ordered me up the newest version, and gave it to me. Excellent people, and I will never go back | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Doug Cole
a weekend warrior
from San Fran
Date Reviewed: March 1, 1999 | | Bottom Line: |
I've found this product to be very reliable. I've taken mine on some epique rides, and it still works like new. Much better than the weak ass Shimano stuff I've tried. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ben Winchell
a cross-country rider
from Seattle
Date Reviewed: January 4, 1999 | | Bottom Line: |
I have been using ESP 9.0 for three months now, an it is still in great shape. The shifting action is still crisp and clean. The grips on the shifters are very comfortable. Being a GS type of rider, I am glad that Srams dedicated works so much better than an XTR/GS 800 system.Very nice | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
G Panther
a cross-country rider
from Spokane, WA
Date Reviewed: November 2, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I Don't own the 900. I do own the 700. It is great!. It shifts as good as an XT set-up, but I don't have to adjust it every couple of rides. With about 1000 miles on the rear, it still shifts great(it is begining to get a bit 'loose' though in the pivots). I ride with 'bretheren' who do have 900 product and they all concour that it is the greatest. I will replace this with 900, and hand down the 700 to my young'ins. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
NBodman
a downhiller
from MA
Date Reviewed: October 4, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I had an ESP 9.0 shifter/deraileur set for about three weeks. The I went off a drop while in the middle ring in the front, and around the middle in the back (meaning I had good chain tension and chain line), and when I landed the deraileur broke clean in half, then sucked into my spokes and ruined the best wheel I have aver owned or ridden (Ringle w/217 cd rims). It also bent my drop-out on my Intense and killed my brand new $35 sachs chain. ESP stuff shifts nice and is all well and good if you never go off the road with it, but it can't stand up for any kind of abuse - they suck buy Shimano. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
sean
a cross-country rider
from usa
Date Reviewed: June 17, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I got the 97' ESP 9.0 set. I Really screwed up when I installed them because I tried to set them up like Showmano crap and they didn't shift well. Then I met up with a Sram service Tech at a race. After some chuckling he asked if it was OK for him to redo my shifters. Does a bear...of course.!! After stripping off the Rola-ma-jig, and Brake cable housing he hooked me up with new cables, Housing, and new cogs.. For free!!! once he was done (about 15 minutes)I experienced the best shifting known to the human race!!
They got a customer for life!!
I put 1500 miles on that derailier last year. 400 this year.
Mud, Snow, sand, sand&mud, pine needles & mud, Moose crap ETC.!! Simply Flawless!! always shifted Right. EEEvery time.
They got a customer for life!!
Then it happened......
Nice cross-up table top..Landed right on the derailier at about 20 mph.
OOps! dead!
Well, I Emailed Sram and told them about it.
I didn't even have to lie to them.
They replaced it free of charge even though I told them straight up that I thrashed it!
Awsome!!
Try getting that out of Shitmano!!!
They got a customer for life!! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ray
a cross-country rider
from baltimore
Date Reviewed: May 21, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Bought a 9.0 system it always works very well. However last week layed my bike over at a very slow speed and broke one of the alloy parallel bars. Have talked to grip shift who would'nt repair or give me new pieces, stated they would not deal with me, and to see a shop. My local shop said the individual pieces were not availiable. Have talked to several places nashbar/frankfort and none will sell the derailleur by itself.
Works great, but not very strong, and support is nill. | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gary
a cross-country rider
from Vermont
Date Reviewed: May 12, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
As service manager at a bike shop I have had the pleasure of seeing 3 brand new bikes in the last threee weeks come back with broken ESP rear derailleurs. These were bikes that were ridden for a very short time and not crashed. The SRAM tech person was very rude on the phone and said that he had not heard of any spontanious breakage! From what I have seen locally and on this page, I would recommend staying away from this system. Not at the reliable stage yet! Sorry! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Marc
a racer
from CA
Date Reviewed: April 24, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I haven't tried the '98 derailleur, but I had 3 of the '97's. One which broke in half while shifting up (not under load). They all were a pain to adjust. Even with clean cables & housing, and a clean chain, the derailleur did not like to shift from the first to second cog. Even when you have it adjusted spot on, there's still a delay. Gripshift says to spray the pivot points with a teflon based lube, which works great, but who wants to deal with the posibility of bad shifting in the middle of a race or a long ride. I'm talking about having to bunny hop to shift to the second cog. I hope they fixed this problem with the 98 model, but I'm not willing to waste any more of my money to find out. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ol MoFoe
a racer
from Ferdisburd, VA
Date Reviewed: March 27, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
A season and a half (35 races plus training) on the newer (breakage problem cured) system and I am very pleased. WAY BETTER performance than any version/combination of shi_mano stuff.
When it finaly gives up, I will def buy another.
Early on I had a prob w/slow shift from the big cog, very friendlytech support gave me the solution: open the gap between guide pulley & large cog. The '98 has a kicker spring to help prevent this prob.
End of last muddy season the guide pulley froze/seized. SRAM sent free replacements, but they were a pain to install.
I'll reserve the 5 rating for the system that can read my mind.
Still, these are at least one better than shi_mano. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bart Bryant
a downhiller
from Mesa AZ
Date Reviewed: March 8, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I had my ride for 8 months and dinked with the shifting forever to no avail. I got pissed and just went ahead and got the 900. OH MY GOD!! This rocks. Crisp and clean shifting, even on my 7 speed casette. Even the front shifts nicer because you can adjust the front derailer so it doesn't rub on the chain. Instead of 3 clicks there are about 20 with 1st, 2nd and 3rd gear markings in their appoximate places, so it has infinate adjustablility. Ya gotta love that.My only complaint is that even though the springs are stronger than any other derailer, it still has chain slap and I can't get my Bullet Bros chain tensioner to fit. :(
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Submitted by
carl
a racer
from Lusby, MD
Date Reviewed: December 26, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
Waited a year or so to let SRAM address the
all-too-frequent breakage problems. Glad I did.I now have two of these units and both work extremely well.
Very smooth, very precise, very crisp. The only thing out
there better than XRays.Just be careful when clamping down your cable at the derailleur...the little aluminum tab under the hex bolt bends VERY easily if you've got things misaligned. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Marc
a cross-country rider
from So Cal
Date Reviewed: December 23, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
I've had mine for a year now with very few problems. I experienced slow shifting from the first to second cog, but installed Slick Whips which cured that. If you ride in a dusty area, use a compressor to blow out the dust that accumulates. I usually do this every couple of rides to keep the shifting sweet. As far as durability, it's lasted almost 3k miles. I crashed hard before a MTB race which started inside a Velodrome. Attempted to ride the track with muddy tires, big mistake. I fell hard on the derailleur side of the bike, bent the hangar, and ground off some of the carbon fiber on the slide to the bottom of the track, but it survived and I was able to start/finish the race. Yes it does require periodic maintenance, but what doesn't. Works for me! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ben
a cross-country rider
from Australia
Date Reviewed: November 28, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
The ESP900 system is light as they come, but I had it on my ATX890 less than a
week and the damn thing snaps in half - yes, at the MIDDLE. I will admit that
the shifting is supurb, but could they PLEASE stop the damn things from snapping in half ... towing bikes halfway around the city is not my idea of fun
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Submitted by
oatmealgirl
a
from cross-country rider
Date Reviewed: November 27, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
anyway, i'm glad to hear that someone else has had the problem of gripshift shifting on its own. my LBS thought that i was crazy, but it's reassuring to know that someone else has had a similar problem. i think that on the frame i am currently building, i'm going with rapid fire. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
tommy
a
from weekend warrior
Date Reviewed: November 10, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
As a mechanic I will say that the ESP stuff works well as long as you keep it clean. And if you ever have a problem SRAM is supercool to work with, just be honest, they here I was just riding and... Because it does require a lot of cleaning ( and I recommend teflon cables) I will have knock off a point rating= four stars | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
James Aquilina
a downhiller
from Malta
Date Reviewed: May 18, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
This mech is tops, shifting is better then XTR, and you got the weight of gripshift, not to mention the looks, clean shifts all the time.
This tme Sram have beaten shimano in all aspects: looks, quality, performance, servicability (replacability), weight, and hopefully soon also name!!
This is one good mech!! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ian
a racer
from Quebec
Date Reviewed: April 30, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
I used the ESP 9.0 derailleur for the last 2 months. Its working great. It was easy to ajust and shifts in a snap. The shifters are basicly the same as the 800 X-Ray. Its a great alternative to the shimano shit I used in the past. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jon M.
a racer
from Portland, OR, USA
Date Reviewed: April 30, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
I am extremely pleased with my ESP900 system. It was surpisingly easy to
set-up and has worked flawlessly with no adjustments since I installed it.
It has worked well everywhere from muddy super technical single track to
boring gravel roads. I would recommend it to anyone. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike S.
a racer
from USA
Date Reviewed: April 24, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
ESP is the best working rear derailuer that I have ever tried.
It is the fastest shifting for mud and is faster than rapid fire. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Cadel Evens
a racer
from USA
Date Reviewed: April 24, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
This is the best damn shifting I have ever ridden. Shimano just didn;t have the qu
the quality. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andrew
a racer
from canada
Date Reviewed: April 13, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
This derailler looks and works kick ass. There is only one thing though it wont work worth shit with x-ray or other gripshift shifter.Some people or bike shops will tell you that it works but believe me it doesnt I tried everything and brought it to every local bike shop and finally bought the damn shifters for it. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scott
a cross-country rider
from Chandler, AZ
Date Reviewed: March 31, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
Used X-rays and an XT, then Rapid fire and XT, then back to X-rays. Always had a problem with fine tuning on my Y-33. Switched to ESP 900 system and system is the right word. Everything worked flawlessly out of the box after a little prestretch on the cables. Quick and clean shifting even under some tension. The derailluer movement is really trick. If you like twist shifting this works great! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Eric O
a racer
from Bend, Oregon
Date Reviewed: March 19, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
This thing shifts like a beast in mud. My friend has a XTR setup and my ESP-900 shifts about 200x better in mud. It's very responsive! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve
a cross-country rider
from Chicago
Date Reviewed: March 3, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
Got lucky last year and won the ESP900 shifter/derailleur setup in a drawing at my local shop. It's crazy fast and smooth compared with my old XT/Xray setup - never had a day's problem, never got in any situation the ESP couldn't shift out of - can't recommend it enough. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
koby
a cross-country rider
from durango
Date Reviewed: January 21, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
works greats, breaks easy, replaced by SRAM in 24hrs, some times can
be refered to as Extra Shitty Piece only when it breaks on the Hermosa
Creek trail, 20 miles from town, but all in all, I can say, can't wait
to get mine replaced with this years new design (free of charge), we
like SRAM for that one, applause applause... | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dangerous Dan
a racer
from Tucson, AZ
Date Reviewed: January 15, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
This shifter der. combo came with my '97 Y-22, however, I had them switched out for Sachs Powergrip and a '95 (old style) XTR der. The performance of the ESP system is pretty nice, however, racing is pretty hard on equipment and if I'm at a race and one of these components breaks, the chances of me finding an LBS that carries the ESP stuff is pretty slim. Besides, I think I get better performance out of my current setup. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Peter Brown
a cross-country rider
from indianapolis
Date Reviewed: January 14, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
If only shimano could make shifting this good. Its the smoothest shifting this
boy has ever felt.I love it i would have sex with it if possible. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rick
a cross-country rider
from Mesa Az
Date Reviewed: December 19, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
I installed one of these and I have to say it has all the coolness factors. Honestly, I didn't got to put any mls. on it - (in the stand, and around the lot.) after set up it was rather nice compared to the big S.
What I want to know is: how well would this work if matched up w/S. rapid fire shifters?--- I've heard lot's of logical ideas both for and against. --- If any of you have got this set up I would love to know what kind of results you're gettin'. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Neal Carter
a cross-country rider
from Toledo, Ohio
Date Reviewed: December 15, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
I have had the ESP system on my bike for 8 months now and havent had a bit of trouble.
The thing I noticed right away was that it shifted so QUIETLY! My old xt/xt rf+ made quite a racket as compared to the ESP.
I cant think of any criticsm for gripshift. SRAM deserves a pat on the back for changing the method of changing cables on the ESP (as in contrast to the 200, 400, 600, 800 series)
Cable replacement is now easy and nothing to fear.
I am now waiting for SRAM to produce a front derailuer. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ben Brown
a cross-country rider
from charlotte, NC
Date Reviewed: December 12, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
Well, this little comtraption that SRAM has decided to invent worked weel the
first couple of weeks I had. Then one day the carbon fiber body decided to brake. I got mad, it was the night before a race. So, I gave the boys at SRAM a call. They said,uh, yea we've heard that has been happing. I guess we could do something about. I went to the national race in Helen, GA and gave the SRAM boys a visit. They gladley replaced it. Two weeks later, it broke in the same ****ing place. I was getting ready to go out to Colorado to race and I had no derailluer. Me, working at bikeshop, thought I could order a new 96 XTR der. but our supplier was backoreder. So i'm stuck without a derailluer and going to race in colorado. SRAM stuck me in a bad situation. I had to MAIL ORDER a 96 XTR rear derailluer and waste my money on something that SRAM should have done. So late this season they sent me a new 7.0(not a 9.0!) to use until they put the 9.0 into production. I used it once and made up my mind. USE XTR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wouldn't trust the ESP in a race, who gives a flying flip if 4 out of 5 olympic top 5 finishers used it. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brad Bray
a racer
from Boston MA USA
Date Reviewed: December 7, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
The system is a bit touchy to set up, but once it is dialed the shifting is crazy fast and powerful. In two awefully muddy races, the kind when the tires hardly roll, the shifter shill managed to grab the next gear without having to pee on the cogs. I did seize the top pulley solid at one point and grip shift had one at my shop the next day. My only reservation is if it does break on a vacation or something and the local shops do not have one to replace it. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
M. EGNER
a cross-country rider
from Denver,co
Date Reviewed: November 27, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
Just purchased the new 900. It has worked great so far. Very crisp and fast on the shifts. The only thing I do not like is their is no cable adjustment on the derailleur.
But other than that it seems to be working just great. Let me know of your comments or Questions
Overall rating 5 | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
M. EGNER
a cross-country rider
from Denver,co
Date Reviewed: November 27, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
Just purchased the new 900. It has worked great so far. Very crisp and fast on the shifts. The only thing I do not like is their is no cable adjustment on the derailleur.
But other than that it seems to be working just great. Let me know of your comments or Questions
Overall rating 5 | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Seb Frost
a downhiller
from UK
Date Reviewed: November 17, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
The other day I recieved a spanking new ESP 900 derailleur from those lovely people at SRAM. At first I was dubious about it, my old one having snapped when it hit a rock during, of all times, a national race!However, I soon had it fitted and inside of half an hour I was riding my local trails at breakneck speeds, using what must be the clearest, crispest shifting I have ever seen. If felt sooooo good.Then I clunked it on a tree stump (I'm sure someone planted it there to catch me out ), and looked down in horror - only to see that all was askew and bent.
I almost cried. Later examinataion showed that it wasn't SRAM's fault, but Raleigh's. My dropout on my lovely M-TRAX 4000 Ti frame had bent .I wasn't that worried because I was just about to buy a new frame anyway, and I managed to sell it (even with a bent dropout) for a fair penny.I'd give this product 5 stars if it had come with a super-lightweight aluminium breakaway pivot bolt, but it didn't so it only gets 4. Hah.... | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
David Cohen
a cross-country rider
from Fremont, CA
Date Reviewed: November 12, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
Excellent, fantastic, superb, bravo... The 97' ESP works flawlessly, crisp and clean shifts every time, even in mud. If you're a gripshift fan or have considered switching you gotta have one. My bike has never shifted this well. You just can't get a gripshift maited to a Shimano derailleur to shift this well. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Danny
a racer
from Boston, MA
Date Reviewed: May 21, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
The rear shifts nicely. It's all a matter of opinion but I think it shifts on par with 96 xt/xtr. But the front shifter is still same old gripshift, as it should be since it isn't changed. Compared to RF the GS front is tedious and slow. I know they have a new front derailleur coming out but until then the whole system isn't worthy of $170. The rear is good I hope the front matches. I give it 4 stars if you're not a gs fan, and 5 if you are
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