Active Monkey Posted March 17, 2014 Share If I buy a slx or a deore or a xt group set, what really is the difference? What benefit do you get for the extra cash? About to upgrade my spark 950 components and looking at the prices it's from 3500 to 17500 for a group set. And please if you can be specific, don't say speed or effort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerus Posted March 17, 2014 Share Mechanics, weight & durability Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtrider Posted March 17, 2014 Share Mechanics, weight & durability And the really weird thing , it's the SLX that got all above !! scotty, Hairy and Caerus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfcjim Posted March 17, 2014 Share This may or may not help. I broke my XT RD on Wednesday I replaced it with a brand new unit that I happened to have; Acera (pretty much bottom of the range). As easy to set up, a bit heavier and a little noisier. No discernible difference in shift effort or accuracy.. I think a lot of the differences are marketing hype especially on the MTB side of life. Where road is concerned paying large amounts of money for a 10 gram weight saving seems normal. Pants Boy and Kranky 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rouxtjie Posted March 17, 2014 Share weight saving and some tech / functionality....that is really the diffs I wouldn't buy a complete groupo, but rather cherry pick the best / crown jewels from each. SLX brakes...no brainerSLX cassette and chain, consumablesXTR shifters...buttery smoovenessSPD 540 pedalsSLX crankXT derailleurs...shadow plus But that is if it was my money Pants Boy, the nerd, openmind and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Active Monkey Posted March 17, 2014 Share weight saving and some tech / functionality....that is really the diffs I wouldn't buy a complete groupo, but rather cherry pick the best / crown jewels from each. SLX brakes...no brainerSLX cassette and chain, consumablesXTR shifters...buttery smoovenessSPD 540 pedalsSLX crankXT derailleurs...shadow plus But that is if it was my money Thats the type of answer that helps a fella rouxtjie and The Gas Man 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtrider Posted March 17, 2014 Share weight saving and some tech / functionality....that is really the diffs I wouldn't buy a complete groupo, but rather cherry pick the best / crown jewels from each. SLX brakes...no brainerSLX cassette and chain, consumablesXTR shifters...buttery smoovenessSPD 540 pedalsSLX crankXT derailleurs...shadow plus But that is if it was my money This will give you a near perfect , smooth shifting DT . rouxtjie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruz Addict Posted March 17, 2014 Share i think a few hears ago the differences were quiet clear but now its not the case, thanks to tech filtering down over the years the entry level stuff is actually very good. the big difference is in weight( and yes still a little tech but its only because the top end stuff has all the new bits on)routjie has possibly the best you could put together, personally i would go for XT shifters though as i just cant see the value in spending XTR money for my kind of riding, i believe the xt is more durable due to having more weight behind its parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braailegend Posted March 17, 2014 Share Read somewhere XT and SLX shifters are basically the same, but XTR shifters have a different/better mechanism, making it better and much smoother... how true this is, I don't know and not enough time to google. As for the groupsets, they are all pretty sweet, except the brakes, Shimano brakes dont come near my bike again (Had the XT's) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usxorf Posted March 17, 2014 Share Read somewhere XT and SLX shifters are basically the same, but XTR shifters have a different/better mechanism, making it better and much smoother... how true this is, I don't know and not enough time to google. As for the groupsets, they are all pretty sweet, except the brakes, Shimano brakes dont come near my bike again (Had the XT's)Plenty of mtbers have big lovin for the newish shimano brakes. You'll have to qualify your disgust with a version /year model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerus Posted March 17, 2014 Share Read somewhere XT and SLX shifters are basically the same, but XTR shifters have a different/better mechanism, making it better and much smoother... how true this is, I don't know and not enough time to google. As for the groupsets, they are all pretty sweet, except the brakes, Shimano brakes dont come near my bike again (Had the XT's)Have XT brakes on both my bikes, and not had a day's hassles with them, baring a bleed and contaminated pads, otherwise they are the bomb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieT Posted March 17, 2014 Share I'm very happy with my XT BL-M775 brakes, great performance especially coupled with Ice Tech rotors, easy to bleed as well, and I believe the later models are even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePubSA Posted March 17, 2014 Share With all the trickle down tech nowadays you dont really need anything past deore.... works as good as 2years ago xtr and tend to last longer.... SRAm kind of the same x7/x9 parts more then suffice.... Anything above is just bling and weight.. shifting maybe not as crisp on the deore .. but it will last. Edited March 17, 2014 by 2Nutz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigelhicks Posted March 17, 2014 Share dont know what Braaileg is on about with the XT brakes - maybe the older version gave some fade issues but the new ones are amazing - so good i run them on my DH bike. I would agree with Rouxtjie and cherry pick (unless you get a good deal on a full groupset) ... Id say go for: XTR shifters - best ever IMO - better shift mechanism internally I have the 9spd ones and 3 years in they are still like new - perfect stiff shift feel - no sloppyness XT Cranks - for weight over SLX SLX brakes - same as XT's actuallySLX derailleurs - rear has a clutch so thats all you need - front doesnt wear down that much DONT GET THEIR HUBS! rouxtjie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummibear Posted March 17, 2014 Share If I buy a slx or a deore or a xt group set, what really is the difference? What benefit do you get for the extra cash? Nothing wrong with SLX and the cranks are very pretty. It all depends on your budget when buying and for the maintenance. SLX is the entry level group set for racing.....SLX cassette 35 Euros.......chainring 27 euros XT is for racers with a tight budget....XT cassette 50 euros...Chainring 36 euros XTR is for the Pros with unlimited budget.....shifting is light and very smooth....XTR cassette 150 euros....chainring 78 euros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted March 17, 2014 Share All my bikes have mix SLX/XT, the XT came standard with bikes but as they they need replacing i replace with SLX unless i can get good 2nd hand XT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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