which Shifters are the best

somersetviking
somersetviking Posts: 15
edited August 2009 in MTB buying advice
Hello

I'm on a tight budget and i need some new shifters for my mountain bike, i've narrowed it down to the following; shimano Deore LX(from ebay) or shimano Alivio (brand new). Can anyone please offer up any advice?
Thanks SV

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    what year LX and Alivio?

    they are both available in different speeds and you need the same version to suite your cassette.


    alivio is currently 8spd and LX has not been 8spd for quite some years so they will be quite old (over 10 years IIRC).
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