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Pros & Cons
Pros
Sram-x5 is an excellent derailleur capable of handling 9 speed rear cassettes. Mikes bicycle repairs.
Cons
Its a 9 speed derailleur only to hit seven. Doesn't shift through the last two gears, no adjustment screw. I get that, but i don’t think i’m being unreasonable.
Highlights
Quality
Great consistent gear changes up+down,pluge+shift down it climbs 3 gears at a push.
Easy installation and minor adjustment shifting is now like it should be.
Without that your mech won’t clear to two largest (37 and 46 teeth) cogs.
It would consistently miss gears no matter what i did for adjustment.
Competitiveness
I found the original sram-x5 to be the best bargain.
You need to be aware that you can't use a sram derailleur with other's shifters (like microshift - even though microshift might... Read More
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- How are reviewers describing this item?
rear, old, great, easy and precise. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is high deception involved.
- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 50.0% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 344 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 18 2024.
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Without that your mech won’t clear to two largest 37 and 46 teeth cogs
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I made the sunrace derailleur work but not well
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
You need to be aware that you cant use a sram derailleur with others shifters like microshift even though microshift might say sram compatible
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I tried my microshift 9speed trigger shifter
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It obviously has the wrong pull for the sram x5
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You need a sram x5 shifter for the x5 derailleur to work
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One thing sram has going for it among other things is the bare cable routing within the derailleur itself
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The plastic radiused cable guide is genus on srams part
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