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Soo, should we expect them to fail like shimano 105/ultegra ? Some people say that SLX is bombproof or something, but the older model (10 speed gen) snap in 2. DS crank arm snaps in 2 at the S. My co-worker snapped his DS crank, no crashes, urban riding. I sold mine 1 year after, and after few months, the guy sent me picture of the snapped crankarm. DS crank snapped at the S. You can find lots of pictures in google. Oh.. that was not the topic here... Yea, pretty expensive, dont like the "bonded" part, ee-Wings please. (Said the guy with 7100 and 8000) cranks on his bikes :D

So you can spend all of your money on new BB. Every year. Or twice a year ?

I actually had pretty positive experience with the reverb. When we don't count the 2 really dead that I bought, and the "not working in cold" issue. But now I use Putoline HPX R 2.5 and it works fine even In -7°c

E13, Raceface, spank, sunringle, they all have "really durable rims" but ex511 is pretty much the strongest I've seen for now

I'm saving for Zerode Taniwha now, and I might have the money in 2 years. Something I don't like is the 3 year warranty. That kinda sucks. My bird have lifetime warranty and that's great, because I use it..

I actually find it kinda hard to get how people brake so much derailleurs and hangers. The only mech I broke was m7000, because it had alot of play and the spring was rusty and sticky. I have my bike for 4 years, I replaced one hanger because I got my dead-ish derailleur in the spokes just after I snapped spoke. It catches on the Snape's spoke and yea, that happened. 2nd hanger I got hit in the back by my colleague on the way to work. And I run my 3rd now. I check it every once in a while. Also have my 3rd derailleur on my bike. Bike came with 10spd, then I upgraded to 11 And now I run 12spd.

Things that failed miserably in the last 2 years. Shimano mt501 levers after about a year after oil flush.(seized like your average avid/sram lever in the summer) Brand New Shimano mineral oil bottle, brand new syringes, (I've seen few other mt501 levers that grind). They were replaced under warranty. Shimano m7000 rear derailleur, the spring was full with mud and rust. After that I learned to service it every 6 months at worst. Cchainstay with broken weld, cracked seatstay at the PM. Great customer service, replaced under warranty. DVO Jade, developed wear mark on the stantion after few months. Got my money back. (Bearings were new, bushings were new, hardware was new-ish.) 2 destroyed rear wheels, because city riding sux. I upgraded to m7100, and after 2 weeks, I lost one of the boys that keep the shifter from rotating. New Shimano direct mount chainrings have 8 instead of 4 bolts that WILL get loose. Fox DH X2 shocks get get cracked at the damper near the eyelet, and they leak. I've seen 5 in the last 2 years. My colleague bent his crankarm after he layed down on the side with the bike. Really stupid. He is really disappointed with his Trek Slash, because he spends more money than he rides. About 2-3 USD per kilometer. Rims made of cheese, cracks made of cheese, gears never worked properly (GX). I tried it once, and shifting under load is shit. RS forks have rattle noise caused by the rebound inside the damper. I guess RS could've fixed it by installing really small O ring. We install plastic straw as really quick solution. E13 dropper with broken top head. Older SLX crankarms seem to snap in half. My colleague broke his, last year I sold mine after 1year on the shelf. Few months later the dude I sold them to sent me a picture with the crankarm broken in half. Yesterday I opened fairly new RS Reba for lower leg service, there were metal shards inside from when they installed the bushings.

Things that failed miserably in the last 2 years. Shimano mt501 levers after about a year after oil flush.(seized like your average avid/sram lever in the summer) Brand New Shimano mineral oil bottle, brand new syringes, (I've seen few other mt501 levers that grind). They were replaced under warranty. Shimano m7000 rear derailleur, the spring was full with mud and rust. After that I learned to service it every 6 months at worst. Cchainstay with broken weld, cracked seatstay at the PM. Great customer service, replaced under warranty. DVO Jade, developed wear mark on the stantion after few months. Got my money back. (Bearings were new, bushings were new, harder was new-ish.) 2 destroyed rear wheels, because city riding sux. I upgraded to m7100, and after 2 weeks, I lost one of the boys that keep the shifter from rotating. New Shimano direct mount chainrings have 8 instead of 4 bolts that WILL get loose. Fox DH X2 shocks get get cracked at the damper near the eyelet, and they leak. I've seen 5 in the last 2 years. My colleague bent his crankarm after he layed down on the side with the bike. Really stupid. He is really disappointed with his Trek Slash, because he spends more money than he rides. About 2-3 USD per kilometer. Rims made of cheese, cracks made of cheese, gears never worked properly (GX). I tried it once, and shifting under load is shit. RS forks have rattle noise caused by the rebound inside the damper. I guess RS could've fixed it by installing really small O ring. We install plastic straw as really quick solution.

Money... Also, wanted to get MicroShift abv. X, but it's 13 weeks delivery. Don't have that much time. Probably going to get shimano 12s