Wednesday, May 13, 2009

A couple of upgrades

product.image. media images cycling products bikecomponents FC FC-M970-popup_v1_m56577569830636903_dot_jpg.bm.512.384First is the crankset.  Currently running XT, which has been working great.  I just got the itch to upgrade and found an amazing price on it, so I went for it.

Now I’ve decided to move to SRAM for a couple of reasons.  First, I broke the casing around my XT shifters so I figured if I need to replace the shifter, now would be the time to consider upgrading.  Then I saw SRAM came out with custom colors, in my case red, I just had to get it.

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x.0gripshiftsetbig Now here is where things could get interesting.  I am moving from triggers to grip shifters.  It peaked my interest when I noticed many racers, both locally and pro, use these types of shifters.  The thing I love about them already is that they are crazy cheap and significantly lighter.  Hopefully I like them.

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2 comments:

  1. how are the twisties working out? I'm went from X9 triggers to X0 twisties but I can't ride the new bike that's sitting in the workshop until my collarbone becomes unbroken!

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  2. I love them. I thought it would be awkward but the switch was instant. The only learning curve is which way to twist.

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