sram and deore?

egg-banjo
egg-banjo Posts: 34
edited May 2010 in MTB buying advice
Is there much of a differance?, i dunno, its just names to me, im looking to buy my first bike in a long time, just not sure what the differances are if any with these.

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    egg-banjo wrote:
    Is there much of a differance?, i dunno, its just names to me, im looking to buy my first bike in a long time, just not sure what the differances are if any with these.
    well Sram is a company. and Deore is a product range made by Shimano
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  • egg-banjo
    egg-banjo Posts: 34
    Ah thanks Nick, I thought it was all shimano and sram was the cheapest option below deore, lx, xt, xtr. Is sram ok?,
  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    SRAM do a full range just like Shimano, with X0 being their XTR equivalent, X9 the XT, and so on. Very nice kit, it's just a matter of preference which brand you go for really.
    Uncompromising extremist
  • egg-banjo
    egg-banjo Posts: 34
    Much appreciated, thanks Northy.
  • RupertCommunicator
    RupertCommunicator Posts: 734
    You can also run a mix of sorts. I have X9 rear mech, Deore front mech and X7 shifters with shimano chain, cassette and chain rings.

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