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what improvements in the derailleur? it's lower quality than the old one. Ok bigger range, but it's plastickier.

This is a fatal blow to the integrity of competitive motor-assisted pedal cycling. I don't think it can recover from this.

You claimed 'not just the cheap carbon version'. The presence of the 30mm steel stanchioned Turnkey damper fork determined that this was a lie.

9 year old boys beat 9 year old girls. before puberty. go check the age records. boys win. in boy/girl twins the boys are taller and stronger before puberty. Weatherly is around 1.8m, much taller than the average female. Oestrogen acts as a height reduction. Weatherly's body did not produce oestrogen. It is an obvious lie to claim that someone with male lungs, skeleton, etc., will reduce their athletic prowess to that of a woman by reducing testosterone. men cannot become women, and in a sporting context it makes no sense to try. also, Weatherly is the size of a male athlete. Not a female one. https://image.redbull.com/rbcom/052/2019-03-25/9cf28c8b-02be-42f5-a48d-d5a9195d7212/0012/0/0/0/2133/3200/1050/1/dh-podiums-crankworx-rotorua-2019.jpg

@thekaiser: that is misleading. Caster Semenya has XY chromosomes and testes. There is nothing surprising about a person with testes producing lots of testosterone.

XT derailleur has better jockey wheels, but you can always buy them after market, when your SLX wears out (might be cheaper to buy the wheels separately). the freehubs: XTR M9111 237g, all alloy, 7 degree engagement XT M8110, 305g, all alloy, 7 degree engagement SLX M7110, 350g, steel axle, otherwise alloy the front hubs all use aluminium axles and seem to be identical between XT and SLX. XTR is like 10g lighter.

@yzedf: SLX is for brakes, or if you like big cassettes. Otherwise it's Deore vs. XT. There's no improvement in SLX shifting over Deore.

Inshallah

isn't the idea of bikepacking that the pack goes on your bike, not your back?

@CaptainSnappy: What logic? It costs more to make so they charge more, yes I get that. No part of that makes it a good idea.