Deore XT shift/brake levers

steelie600
steelie600 Posts: 519
edited May 2012 in MTB buying advice
You know the ones that are like the roadie levers where you move the lever up and down to shift gear and pull it for brakes

Has any one used em?? Reason being Ive found some Hydraulic calipers for buttons, and need some masters and these A: look the dogs reproductive organs B: are XT and not Acera like my groupset so must be better than the ones in the groupset, and C: are bloody cheap!!

Any thoughts or are they guff??
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Ralph

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  • Chunkers1980
    Chunkers1980 Posts: 8,035
    What have you found? A bit like marmite.
  • steelie600
    steelie600 Posts: 519
    Chunkers1980 wrote:
    What have you found? A bit like marmite.

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320725687578?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

    them ones, just wanted to know if theyre any good thats all? Fingers hovering on left mouse button cos they do look the absolute shizle
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    Ralph
  • Chunkers1980
    Chunkers1980 Posts: 8,035
    No calipers there that I can see. The are lx too, not XT
  • Chunkers1980
    Chunkers1980 Posts: 8,035
    No calipers there that I can see. The are lx too, not XT
  • steelie600
    steelie600 Posts: 519
    No the calipers are on a different thingy that I bought. £10 for a pair of M535's new

    So I need levers, and I know these are compatible, Just wanna know if the shifting is guff or ok
    Idiot ^^^^^^^^^

    Ralph
  • Chunkers1980
    Chunkers1980 Posts: 8,035
    It's 40 atm. I'd give them a miss. But that's me, though I don't think they do them anymore.
  • bennett_346
    bennett_346 Posts: 5,029
    I wouldn't use them. Have some combined ones on the other bike and its hard to get the lever where you want it relative to the shifting. Also what happens if you want a different rear mech? You have to ditch the whole unit and get a new brake lever too.
  • steelie600
    steelie600 Posts: 519
    Theyre compatible with all 9 speed mech's according to Shimano
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    Ralph
  • bennett_346
    bennett_346 Posts: 5,029
    im talking about a switch to 10 speed or if you ever went sram for whatever reason. just giving you all the facts to consider.
  • steelie600
    steelie600 Posts: 519
    Ahh Im with ya! LOL

    Cheers defo something to thinkabout. Back to ebay to see if I can find some shimano levers!
    Idiot ^^^^^^^^^

    Ralph
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Not nice - I had some on an old bike and chucked them for seperate ones.
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  • angry_bird
    angry_bird Posts: 3,787
    My mate uses them. He loves them. I can't stand them.
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    Angry Bird wrote:
    My mate uses them. He loves them. I can't stand them.
    This.

    I've got a friend with an old cannondale that's got them. He loves them, I've tried his bike and didn't like them.
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  • Fodder666
    Fodder666 Posts: 56
    I got the XT version as part of a groupset from Merlin 6 years ago, came as a surprise as there was no mention of them in the description. I ran them for 6 years without any problems at all and only changed to upgrade the brakes to this years XT, it's very much a love/hate thing and I only know 2 other people that have used them. I personally wouldn't get them again for reasons already stated by others.
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