SLX vs GX 1x12 cassette

[MajG]

Always preferred shimano feel of lever and more precise when shifting.

Had 1 too many sram nx and gx derailleurs snapping on me n frequently needing to be fine tuned. 

Like for like, shimano definitely better buy and reliability.

However still comes down to the guy tuning it, however I know you ontop of that so should be good.

Go shimano

[RiverInTheRoad]

8 hours ago, MTBRIDER1234 said:

Surely you can use red loctite to get around that, or buy the comparitively cheap xx1 bolt kit?

Also any chance you could send pics of the can fix, as it will be a useful thing to know if I ever need it in future

XX1 bolt kit is the same price as a new Deore derailleur. 

Loctite does not work when parts don't have a snug fit.

[MTBRIDER1234]

5 hours ago, RiverInTheRoad said:

XX1 bolt kit is the same price as a new Deore derailleur. 

Loctite does not work when parts don't have a snug fit.

XX1 bolt kit is 430 ish rand... deore derailleur is about 1000

I guess you may have a point, but they spec the derailleur with low strength loctite on the mounting bolt, so it must do something, otherwise SRAM are just throwing money away

[MTBRIDER1234]

13 hours ago, MajG said:

Always preferred shimano feel of lever and more precise when shifting.

Had 1 too many sram nx and gx derailleurs snapping on me n frequently needing to be fine tuned. 

Like for like, shimano definitely better buy and reliability.

However still comes down to the guy tuning it, however I know you ontop of that so should be good.

Go shimano

Definitely Shimano feels miles better, I only got the SRAM as it was on sale 

If the derailleur and shifter go, then I would look at SLX or XT 12 speed

Edited July 13, 2022 by MTBRIDER1234

[TheoG]

The only SCRAM I own is a NX 12 speed cassette on my indoor trainer where it actually doesn't matter.

Will stick to Shimano everywhere else.

[DuncanDoughnuts]

If you going SLX ... you will need to get a new freehub body (factor that cost in as-well)

GX uses XD

11 speed SLX uses HG

12 speed SLX uses Microspline

 

[MTBRIDER1234]

3 hours ago, DuncanDoughnuts said:

If you going SLX ... you will need to get a new freehub body (factor that cost in as-well)

GX uses XD

11 speed SLX uses HG

12 speed SLX uses Microspline

 

Yeah in one of my posts I calculated that even including freehub body, slx is cheaper