What brand of drivetrain do you ride?

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sngltrkmnd (Nov 1, 2012 at 10:20)

Let's hear it for X9!

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surgesunday (Nov 1, 2012 at 10:33) (Below Threshold) show comment

You mean XO

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rejean (Nov 1, 2012 at 12:38)

x-9 is like half the price of x-0, it only makes sense a lot more people are using it

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Lehel-NS (Nov 1, 2012 at 15:22)

X9 is the deal, relatively cheap, but very good quality and durable.

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Cyclepath30 (Nov 1, 2012 at 19:39)

X-9 is super slick looking too. with the elixir 9's their a match made in heaven.

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jbat (Nov 2, 2012 at 2:35)

X9, takes a beating and keeps going, can't get any better for the price

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betsie Plus (Nov 2, 2012 at 11:39)

I have X0 and XTR/Saint/Zee.
I like the shimano stuff better for riding. Reliability of the X0 has been great though.

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MrPulse (Nov 2, 2012 at 12:24)

There IS common sense!

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quertyuiopdh (Nov 2, 2012 at 15:43)

I have got xo brakes, saint crank single, x9 mech and x7 seven shifter and would say saint and xo are very similar. But I agree x9 is such good value and is so good and mine has never let me down.

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cretin82 (Nov 2, 2012 at 19:23)

i honestly prefer saint to XO. just prefer the feel of the shifting.

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Bikeordeath (Nov 2, 2012 at 23:35)

Just sold my XO Brakes, shifter and derailleur, and bought XT brakes and Saint shifter and derailleur. It was night and day, Shimano all the way!

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newtoDH (Nov 1, 2012 at 12:30)

That many single speeders? Wow

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waterfall99 (Nov 1, 2012 at 14:21) (Below Threshold) show comment

Lets hear it for single speed and gearbox!, Derailleurs will soon be a thing of the past!

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LindLTaylor (Nov 1, 2012 at 19:19)

This *is* a site whose most vocal crowds usually have a DJ or BMX bike in addition to their other bikes (If they have other bikes).

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woodsroller Plus (Nov 1, 2012 at 19:43)

LindLTaylor nailed it. I would think that most of us on this site aren't strictly single speeders, but many have a single speed DJ, BMX, trail bikes, cruisers, trials, or klunkers kicking around the house.

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Patrick9-32 (Nov 2, 2012 at 4:23)

I put in a lot more time on my single speed bike riding dirt jumps and generally dicking about than I do on my cross country bike.

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Hunter94 (Nov 1, 2012 at 20:58)

Not many on Saint gear. I love my M820 Shadow Plus derailleur. Incredible piece of engineering.

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hollowtech2 (Nov 1, 2012 at 22:07)

It's a grower, not a shower.

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exnihilo (Nov 1, 2012 at 22:27)

I love my Saint!

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a1147538 (Nov 2, 2012 at 6:49)

Yep totally agree, saint is best! really happy with m810

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manchicken (Nov 3, 2012 at 2:43)

I have a saint mech and it's worked flawlessly. Shame the SLX shifter has been an utter piece IME

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Enduro27 Plus (Nov 1, 2012 at 22:16)

wow 14 people on gearbox's, lucky them and now I feel cool for riding zee haha

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mathias90 (Nov 2, 2012 at 11:42) (Below Threshold) show comment

Zee is awesome, more people should use it!! Like all shimano stuff!

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Apostt (Nov 2, 2012 at 4:21)

Looks like Sram is owning, but when I count it was Sram: 2051 Shimano: 2196

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aelazenby (Nov 1, 2012 at 12:36)

I would love to know what gearbox bikes people are using. Are these all Zerode or something else?

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Hermit185 (Nov 2, 2012 at 16:05)

there is always this demon or a dh bike, i dont think many people have it yet

www.pinkbike.com/news/Roc-DAzur-2012-Cavalerie-DH-Gearbox-Bike.html

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Benji-man (Nov 1, 2012 at 13:56)

XT.. Shimano is bomb proof.. and works in shit weather. Sram stuff just gets chewed up and spat out in the mud

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Angryham (Nov 1, 2012 at 14:01)

ghetto it out and go slx

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Gooldylocks (Nov 1, 2012 at 15:12)

I run XT on my freeride bike and SRAM Apex on my cross bike.. I love the double tap shifters, but Apex is still just awful. Once I have some money I'm thinking about upgrading to a Force/Red group.

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bolmaing (Nov 2, 2012 at 0:04)

I love how running slx is considered 'ghetto'

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Angryham (Nov 2, 2012 at 11:38)

psh, compared to sram and xt

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will-castaneda (Nov 3, 2012 at 0:53)

XT is going to give you the preformance of xtr but with some more weight, i honestly dont care about some grams if it works as good as something thats 100 bucks more

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jaysmudger (Nov 3, 2012 at 5:03)

I do wonder though if a lot of votes were for what was fitted to the bike when they bought it, there should be a poll asking what aftermarket drivechains peeps are using, Shimano for me btw just works much better in the shitty winters here, my SRAM stuff suffered.

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JHewitt (Nov 2, 2012 at 11:53)

Don't mean to be a nerd here but shouldn't the bars be representative of the percentage of people who voted for them? Otherwise what is the chart showing?

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bmar (Nov 2, 2012 at 13:20)

It looks like they are all scaled against the largest number of votes (Sram X9). Looks fairly proportional to me at least.

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a1147538 (Nov 2, 2012 at 6:48)

Suprised xt beats saint! Its gud at least one shimano product is in top 3. My opinion saint is ultimate best!

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gabgabgab (Nov 1, 2012 at 14:31)

hammershmidt is amazing

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pdxkid Plus (Nov 3, 2012 at 11:01)

yea, I tried it once and thought the same thing. I'm not running it now, but would like to if only it were a little more common place. I haven't seen it around in a while.

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theflyingsofa (Nov 2, 2012 at 12:57)

any other Kickshifters out there? got a Sturney S2 a month ago and love it on my commuter

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flipfantasia (Nov 2, 2012 at 11:39)

no more than one kind option? I have x9 on my downhill bike, XT on the all-mountain rig, and a singlespeed pumptrack/dj/commuter bike.

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karl-burkat Mod (Nov 2, 2012 at 19:33)

you can select multiple ones.

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haniffJ (Nov 2, 2012 at 6:01)

My XC/Trails with XTR, AM/Enduro with XT and Freeride with X7 (plan to change with Zee)

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Kuris (Nov 2, 2012 at 6:20)

SRAM X9 2010-2012 rear derailleur are very low quality and broke all the time. Very disappointed by their products and moreover their customer service is bad and what they do is just ignoring customer ... What an arrogant company

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enorbz (Nov 1, 2012 at 17:11)

X7 all day, might upgrade to x9 soonish though

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OS141121 (Nov 2, 2012 at 11:58)

SRAM: 3,261 Shimano: 2,936

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crinks85 (Nov 2, 2012 at 11:41)

x7 mech & x5 shifter, bout 5 1/2 years and counting.

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ExiTeYeS (Nov 2, 2012 at 12:00)

What about Shimano SLX full drivetrain? GS rear deraileur

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preston-rider (Nov 4, 2012 at 15:38)

I love my X0 mech. Its been running solid for 3 years now.

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hollowtech2 (Nov 1, 2012 at 21:15)

I know it says drivetrain, but...... no Raceface???

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rvberkel (Nov 2, 2012 at 4:14)

damn not many on sram XX Razz

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DownhillDude97 (Nov 2, 2012 at 1:44)

Sram X-5

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samtomkins (Nov 1, 2012 at 14:57)

i have a chromag chainring they should put one for that...

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hubbz (Nov 2, 2012 at 20:15)

its a poll for the type of gearing you run..not the type of sproket

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pdxkid Plus (Nov 3, 2012 at 11:02)

yea, but I have these really light titanium chainring bolts. they should put one for that... ok, ok, I'll stop

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a2themfkda (Nov 2, 2012 at 13:52)

X9 all the way, simples

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