Stumpjumper and SRAM XX

Brocade
Brocade Posts: 433
edited January 2010 in MTB workshop & tech
Folks,
Is it possible to fit a SRAM XX groupset on a S-Works Stump Carbon 2007 frame ?
Thanks,
Tolga
BMC Pro Machine
Enigma Ego

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  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,716
    There's nothing different in the way XX mounts to any other groupset.
  • Dick Scruttock
    Dick Scruttock Posts: 2,533
    whyamihere wrote:
    There's nothing different in the way XX mounts to any other groupset.

    No there are some compatibility issues with certain frames.
  • Richard-Dublin
    Richard-Dublin Posts: 99
    Brocade wrote:
    Folks,
    Is it possible to fit a SRAM XX groupset on a S-Works Stump Carbon 2007 frame ?
    Thanks,
    Tolga

    Would this not be complete "overkill"? I could understand putting XX on an S-Works Epic but I just don't see the point on a Stumpjumper? Don't get me wrong I also have an 08 S-Works Stumpjumper, which I love, but I would have thought that X0 or XTR would do the same job given the nature of the frame?
  • Brocade
    Brocade Posts: 433
    Hi Richard-Dublin,
    Thanks for the viewpoint, but why exactly is this ? Why would it be overkill on a stumpjumper frame, relative to, say, an epic frame ?
    Thanks
    BMC Pro Machine
    Enigma Ego
  • RichMTB
    RichMTB Posts: 599
    Knock yourself out, there is no reason why a Sram XX won't work on a 2007 stumpjumper
    Step in to my hut! - Stumpy Jumpy Pacey
  • Richard-Dublin
    Richard-Dublin Posts: 99
    Brocade wrote:
    Hi Richard-Dublin,
    Thanks for the viewpoint, but why exactly is this ? Why would it be overkill on a stumpjumper frame, relative to, say, an epic frame ?
    Thanks

    Well, in my opinion, I can understand somebody spending large amounts of money on an "out and out" race bike, like an S-Works Epic, to save small amounts of weight / make marginal performance gains. But a Stumpjumper is a trail bike (albeit a very good one) and no amount of money will change that. So I think the money spent on XX will not give any perceivable performance gain over X0 or XTR.
    Just an opinion and as I said above I love my Stumpjumper!
  • njee20
    njee20 Posts: 9,613
    It could be a hardtail...

    The 2010 Stumpy comes with XX anyway.

    I'd ask Spesh which chainset would work, there's a choice of Q-factors.
  • Richard-Dublin
    Richard-Dublin Posts: 99
    njee20 wrote:
    It could be a hardtail...

    Good point! An S-works hardtail with XX would be a really cool bike!
  • njee20
    njee20 Posts: 9,613
    It's probably not, as it was really just called an S-Works carbon hardtail, but even so!

    I'm sure a number of S-Works hardtails will have XX anyway!

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