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I'm building a bike and am going to use XT thumbshifters. I'm going old school in most areas, except derailleurs.
On my other bike, there is an XTR front derailleur FD-M952 top swing, that works well with them. I'm told that some models don't work well with the amount of cable that is pulled with a thumbshifter. I've been looking on Ebay and see models, 950,52,53,60,61.
What is the difference between these models and which will work with thumbshifters?
Anyone have opinions about a rear derailleur, do most XTR models work with thumbies? I'm running an 8-speed cluster with it.
On my other bike, there is an XTR front derailleur FD-M952 top swing, that works well with them. I'm told that some models don't work well with the amount of cable that is pulled with a thumbshifter. I've been looking on Ebay and see models, 950,52,53,60,61.
What is the difference between these models and which will work with thumbshifters?
Anyone have opinions about a rear derailleur, do most XTR models work with thumbies? I'm running an 8-speed cluster with it.