Mbot Posted November 5, 2009 Share Why is it better to have a carbon rear derailleur than a metal one? Wont the carbon break more easily? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conti Posted November 5, 2009 Share better?most probably just to make it lighter and for bling.and no, carbon don't break that easy(from normal usage) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted November 5, 2009 Share Nice to have and waight, do not by only to think it will make you a better cyclist. I saw riders with sora 8 speed riding the sh!t out of riders riding Dura ace 10 speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Bornman Posted November 6, 2009 Share Your assumption is wrong. It is not better. Just lighter. I saw a cracked jockey cage in a carbon SRAM just last week. A metal one would have just bent. The owner would have bent it back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capricorn Posted November 6, 2009 Share better is relative, like beauty. I reckon most take better to mean lighter + working. It's all subjective anyway. Personally, I dont like the fact that carbon fibre products tend to shatter/crack without bending. Granted, it's take a lot more to crack them than to bend the comparable metal item on a breaking strength to weight ratio comparison. No one said its carbon its indestructable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weight Weenie Posted November 6, 2009 Share I'm with Johan, that's why I didn't go for the xtr shadow because in theory you can bend back the derailler if it gets mangled on the trail. Dunno with a carbon one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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