XTR Dual Control Levers

SuperCove
SuperCove Posts: 127
edited May 2008 in MTB buying advice
Does anyone use or have experience of the XTR Dual Control Lever for hydraulic disc brakes??

Like these:
http://www.rutlandcycling.com/ProductDetails/mcs/referrer/froogle1/productID/6424/groupID/18/categoryID/335
Cove Handjob XC
Giant OCR

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    Marmite.

    you either like or do not.

    i dont like.
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  • ratty2k
    ratty2k Posts: 3,872
    I had the older model, quite liked 'em.
    BUT, I prefer Sram....
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  • The Spiderman
    The Spiderman Posts: 5,625
    I have XT dual control.Very light shifts,plus the ability to brake and upshift simulataneously.I found them completely intuitive,to use even though I had previously used rapid fire.Disadvanatge is that you are tied into having Shimano brakes,and it makes upgrading a lot more costly,becuase you will need to budget for shifters,and possibly a mech aswell.(DCL works best with rapidrise,so both left and right hands are working downwards for upshiftts.)
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  • grantway
    grantway Posts: 1,430
    Expensive to replace if you brake the shifter.
  • The Spiderman
    The Spiderman Posts: 5,625
    grantway wrote:
    Expensive to replace if you brake the shifter.

    True,but this is less likely to happen as you can move the levers further inboard,as you only have one clamp,compared to a conventional set up.Also the levers are also shifters of course,so there is vertical play aswell as lateral play to allow for shifting ,unlike conventional shifters........
    2006 Giant XTC
    2010 Giant Defy Advanced
    2016 Boardman Pro 29er
    2016 Pinnacle Lithium 4
    2017 Canondale Supersix Evo
  • dazzax
    dazzax Posts: 23
    I have just had these units fitted to my Scott mc40 and i think they are great really light to shift up and down plus the added feature of multi shifting.I cannot fault them but as always it`s down to you , see if you can try a pair out at your local dealer.... :):D

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