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  • 2 x 9 set up
  • dallas95
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    Anyone running 2 x 9 gearing? If you are what size rings and cassette ratios do you have? I have been given a 38 saint front ring and I have a 24 xtr ring in the parts box so was thinking of giving them a go. Is the 14 tooth gap too much?

    Posted 11 years ago
    Ecky-Thump
    Free Member

    no different to the gap between 22 & 36 on a standard SLX double.

    Posted 11 years ago
    sssimon
    Free Member

    38 saint won’t have ramps or pins so won’t shift the best

    Posted 11 years ago
    jambon
    Free Member

    Standard SLX double is great. I don’t see the point in a mega low (large) 1st on the cassette ever, though.

    Posted 11 years ago
    Conan257
    Free Member

    22-32 front and 11-36 rear. Works well for me!

    Posted 11 years ago
    AlasdairMc
    Full Member

    Will the XTR and Saint work together or is there an XTR-only standard at play here?

    SLX double for me, 36-22 with an 11-34 cassette.

    Posted 11 years ago
    Northwind
    Full Member

    22/36 on mine. Could go up to a 24/36 easily but can’t really see any point.

    Saint ring should fit on an XTR crank, if they’re recent, but older XTR had a different BCD for the bigger rings. XTR little ring won’t fit on a Saint double crank. XTR chainring sizes are Shimano’s little joke on their customers.

    Posted 11 years ago
    dallas95
    Free Member

    Didn’t know about the xtr difference on the bcd. Rain check for now, might wait until I need to replace cassette and chain as well and then bite the bullet and go 2 x 10.

    Posted 11 years ago
    Northwind
    Full Member

    M970 XTR has standard BCDs… But a damnfool specific granny ring standard. You can fit standard granny rings to M970, with spacers, but you can’t fit M970 granny rings to standard cranks.

    Because? Because.

    Posted 11 years ago
    tomhoward
    Full Member

    22-32 up front with 11-32 out back. It’s gooood.

    Posted 11 years ago
    Simpsan
    Free Member

    38-26 XT upfront coupled to 11-34 9 speed rear with X0 shifters and rear mech.
    10 speed XT front mech and 9 speed chain. Running flawlessly so far 🙂

    Posted 11 years ago
    cp
    Full Member

    26-36 & 11-34 on the xc race bike

    22-36 & 11-34 on the 456

    Works great, really like it.

    Posted 11 years ago
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