Shimano Saint VS Zee

big-hitter

I’ve recently been speccing the balls off my NS (mainly due to injury keeping me from riding it!) and I've become stumped by what I thought would be an obvious choice.

After sourcing brakes, wheels, forks, cranks etc., I turned my attention to the drivetrain. I wanted a solid, smooth 1x10 setup that can deal with my poor/ violent riding style. Having had the old Saint setup on my DH rig for a while, I knew it would be an expensive but trustworthy investment.

However, I have had the opportunity to ride on the new Zee group set and I think it may actually be a much smoother system.

Now I'm completely stuck! I have both 2013 systems sitting on my bench begging to be fitted, but I can’t for the life of me choose between them!

Has anyone had the Zee system for a while? I’m desperate to know how reliable it is, or how good it feels in the real world!

Please help!
(And I do realise how lucky I am to be in this position!)

Chunkers1980

Saint will be better no questions.

The Rookie

As Zee is meant to be the budget Saint, Saint should be better!

allthegearnoidea

from what ive heard, Zee is pretty much SLX just rebadged, - was a previous thread on here about it,
without doubt, saint will be better.