Chain matching cassette and cranks?

itguy2

Hi everyone

I've got a 2012 Lap Zesty 514.

I've never been too happy with the shifting performance on it ever since it was new. Shop has done numerious setups for me and it's still only mediocre when compared to my hardtail (2010 orange crush with race face chainset / SRAM x9 rear and deere front mech - SRAM x7 shifters).

On the zesty it has a Deore cassette, slx crankset, slx front mech and xt rear mech. slx shifters.

I've noticed it has a kmc x10 chain though and not a shimano one. Does this matter?

My initial thoughts are to upgrade the cassette to an xt one, together with an xt chain - surely that would be beneficial?

Are Kmc chains ok?

Cheers

supersonic

Makes little difference with chains. Or cassettes. Check the cables are free running.

XT shifters are lighter in action and smoother though.

itguy2

Thanks

The stuff that seems to be problematic for it is hopping up onto the big ring at the front (seems to take a while) and then adjusting the front mech to not rub the chain for the extremes of the chain angle for the cassette. It's not that I run these extremes as a matter of course, more just in the heat of the moment!

The Rookie

That's all about setup and nothing else, maybe the toe angle or height of the front mech could do with looking at, changing parts isn't going to create a magical fix.