Has anyone hade a Truvativ Hammerschmidt Am, what are your thoughts on them?
did you have one on a full suss or hardtail ? are they reliable in winter mud etc.
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Posted 5 months ago #
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Posted 5 months ago #
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Just sold mine on eBay and returned to 1x9, but to answer your questions... It was 100% reliable and shifting was instant and clean, always. Kinda neat feeling changing gear whilst stationary and it being crisp when you then set off..
I did not like the SRAM shifter, I have always been a Shimano user and the shift sequence was not intuitive for me.
I ran mine on an Intense SS2 and in the end found the weight penalty too much of a compromise for not enough benefit over my 1x9. However I tend to use this particular bike for more gravity based riding than trail riding and so the extra gearing is not a must have. I would say on a burly do it all bike where weight was not a major motivation and for a happy SRAM user it would be fine, but it's expensive! And mine went for next to nowt second hand
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Also bear in mind most suspension systems are designed to work the most efficiently in the middle ring and the Hammerschmidt size wise is like a granny ring so it may muck up the suspension performance. Obviously no such issues with hard tails though.
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The OK in the UK winter ran mine all last yr in the crap weather
still going strong just look after it clean & lube every 3-4 rides as better safe than sorry..
mine tarted up ..
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jonny have you tarted them up look like carbon cranks
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