xt derailleur ?

jozeppi

I would like to upgrade my rear derailleur shimano deore m592 shadow to a shimano xt but which one ?
ive got xt shifters and 9speed xt cassette
cassette 11-34 tooth
chainrings44/32/22
when i google xt 9 speed derailleur theres more and you can shake a stick at so if someone could point me in the right direction it would be appreciated

Chunkers1980

Any Shimano 9spd.

But Why?

You've got XT at the shifter where you can really tell.

arran77

There's only a choice of long or medium cage isn't there?

With a triple on the front you need a long cage as far as I know.

Chunkers1980

Nope - they'll be 10 speed, 10spd+, XT conventional 9spd, 9spd shadow and the touring varieties.

Sorry, any 9speed which covers the capacity of your setup. But most likely it'll be long cage.

If it is not broken then not really worth touching it tbh.

arran77

Chunkers1980 wrote:

Nope - they'll be 10 speed, 10spd+

If he Google's for XT 9 speed then he probably won't get those options

Searching for xt 9 speed rear derailleur brings up CRC first and Wiggle second, both only have an option of long or medium cage.

swod1

if its not worn or needs replacing, then carry on using it ?

i had a similar setup, used the parts till they was worn and upgraded to 10spd recently with the fancy xt clutch mech and shifter.

the biggest difference was the gear shifter, a clear difference between using shimano alivio shifter and going to an xt shifter.

Cqc

9 speed clutch mechs don't exist chunkers

Chunkers1980

Where did I say they did?

Cqc

Chunkers1980 wrote:

9spd shadow

cooldad

Cqc wrote:

Chunkers1980 wrote:

9spd shadow

So where does that say clutch? Shadow is not clutch.

Cqc

Shadow is like type 2, a word for clutch, or am I being dumb?

Twelly

Being dumb. Shadow is the low profile design from Shimano introduced what, 6/7 years ago? Shadow+ is low profile design with a clutch.

Cqc

Whoops