XTR rear mech shifting question.

Duki
Duki Posts: 53
edited February 2011 in MTB workshop & tech
A mate has just has his bike serviced and he has now noticed that when changing down if he keeps the lever depressed it will change down more than one cog. Is this correct? I use Sram myself so cannot compare.

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  • Chunkers1980
    Chunkers1980 Posts: 8,035
    edited February 2011
    Poor adjustment OR:

    If it's paired to an m970 shifter - it has multi release, thus 2 clicks and shifts to a smaller rear cog in one swoop. Genius.
  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    Shifting to a smaller cog on the cassette would mean changing up....
    MTB/CX

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  • Duki
    Duki Posts: 53
    Speaking to my mate it appears that it's changing to the bigger cogs ie making it easier to pedal. He says that if he just pushes and releases it moves up one cog but if he pushes further and holds it changes up to three cogs. He thinks his shifters are XT but he's not sure.

    It sounds like its not been tuned properly to me but I'm no expert. My last bike ran with a Xt rear mech and SLX shifters and this didn't happen to me.
  • Chunkers1980
    Chunkers1980 Posts: 8,035
    Well that's completely normal from Deore to XTR.

    My XTR can just get from the smallest cog to the biggest cog in 2 full sweeps of the bottom lever, it requires 3 on my Deores.
  • cee
    cee Posts: 4,553
    yip. normal.

    same with my sram x7 shifter on x9 mech....push the big thumb changer a wee bit and it changes one. push it right in for up to 3 shifts in one movement.
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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Perfectly correct - one click one gear, big push three gears.
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  • cee
    cee Posts: 4,553
    cooldad wrote:
    Perfectly correct - one click one gear, big push three gears.

    you can even make it do 2 if you get the push right....
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  • Duki
    Duki Posts: 53
    On behalf of mate, thanks chaps.
  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    your sram should do the same actually.
    MTB/CX

    "As I said last time, it won't happen again."
  • getonyourbike
    getonyourbike Posts: 2,648
    yep, my SRAM X5 does exactly the same, I can actally go all the way up/down the block with 2 presses if I do it properly.

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