Road bike derailleur on mtb?

Cave_Dweller

Many years ago before I had my forced break from biking in 2008 my LBS recommended me to put a road bike derailleur on my hardtail street/jumping bike. I can't remember exactly why, perhaps the short cage and snappy shifting. One thing I do remember though is that it was brilliant and the short cage had less of a risk of getting caught on stuff.

Basically now I need all new stuff for my 24 Le Toy 3 I'm building up and is this idea with the road bike derailleur still a good idea or are there good short cgae MTB derailleurs out there? I need a new shifter, derailleur, cassette, single chainring for the front, chain, cranks and cables and the bike should be ready to go at the moment it's just a rolling frame and I need everything to actually pedal the bike. I want it to be all heavy duty, I'm not bothered about weight otherwise I wouldn't be building up a 24 Le Toy 3 lol.

stubs

A lot of people seem to be fitting Shimano Zee deraillers they are nice and short and well tucked away.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/shimano-zee-m640-shadow-10-speed-rear-mech/rp-prod82431

Cave_Dweller

cheers. It does seem very small and tucked away. Just what I'm after because the bike it's going on will be getting a good punishing lol

mcnultycop

Zee mechs are brilliant. I have them on both MTBs.

rockmonkeysc

A lot of DH racers use road mechs because they're cheap, functional and have a short cage.

Cave_Dweller

Cheers. I'll go ahead on order a Zee one. In the middle of making a shopping list for the rest of the parts now and the price isn't looking good lol, every little adds up and I even have to get all new cables and tubes.

stubs

Make sure you order the right one there is 2 styles a close ratio for a road cassette and wide ratio for a MTB cassette