trying to sort out my gears and they arnt " clicking " into gear so i think theirs something wrong with the shifter inside, they are such a farse if anyone's ever tried to take these things appart, thread a cable its a right pain, so those of you who are intending on buying one don't, get something else, i have had about 3 years about of them so i wont mock them too much but its so annoying i think i need new ones :/
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Never buy sram x9 shifters....
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Posted 1 year ago #
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ham fisted monkey in product is crap shocker!
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Mine have been fine for over 3000 miles...
Posted 1 year ago # -
I have them on my pitch, never had a problem
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Fine here although the grommet which plugs up the cable access hole (for fitting new inners) is made of cheese.
Posted 1 year ago # -
????
I've had sram shifters before, and put some new cables in a pair just before I sold them recently (I was selling them as new, and had stollen the originals ages ago so replaced them with ones form the spares box). Easier than shimano IME (threading a needle in a haystack in the dark with the big S).
I'd have them again if they did rapid rise.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Anyone got an Alice Cooper song going on in their head....
Posted 1 year ago # -
sorry but you shouldn't need to take them apart to thread a cable ...
Posted 1 year ago # -
x9 ones you have to remove the top to get to the cable
Posted 1 year ago # -
On the strength of this thread, I'll keep buying them. They work for years until you take then apart and **** them up..
Posted 1 year ago # -
sorry but you shouldn't need to take them apart to thread a cable ...
Is correct.
the grommet which plugs up the cable access hole (for fitting new inners) is made of cheese
Is also correct.
Therefore the latter can disprove the former.
I had this problem and thought "just pop open the shifter to remove the plug". BIG mistake. Took an hour and two pairs of hands to get it back together. I was surprised by how cheap and nasty the inner workings were.
Posted 1 year ago # -
I have them, not that hard to change the cable and the performance is spot on.
Posted 1 year ago # -
I agree with the OP, I've just replaced my X.0 shifter for the second time under warranty as there appears to be a problem. Apparently there is a plastic piece which breaks, no hamfistedness I'm afraid. €100 shifter fails due to a piece of plastic. As long as I keep getting a warranty replacement every 18 months or so, I'm happy to stick with SRAM.
Posted 1 year ago # -
I broke 2 mid race. Not looked back since using X0 gripshift..
Posted 1 year ago # -
haha true to the grip shift, but what i always do when i'm working on small intricate things, is TAKE A PICTURE of every single stage
Posted 1 year ago # -
no problems with mine, came with no cables took a little while to work out how the cable goes with no instructions but i didnt break them and theyre working fine.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Anyone got an Alice Cooper song going on in their head....
errr....dead babies?
Posted 1 year ago # -
HEY.....HEY........HEY.........HEY.........
HEY........STOOOOOPID!!!!
Posted 1 year ago # -
'hey, hey, hey hey... HEY STOOPID!'
Posted 1 year ago # -
Did you use the right tool for the job?
Or take the "precision" approch?
(Just to clarify, I am suggesting that you are a meat head OP)
Posted 1 year ago # -
YES you do have to take the cap off the shifter to thread the cable in on the sram x9 shifters, but now im screwed because ive ruined my inner cable trying to thread it through the housing and cut it too short lol ah well LSB is 5 mins away, F***ng sram lol
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D'oh!
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Yes they are brilliant until you take them apart. I have all the pieces in a bag in my spares cupboard, perfect project for a rainy afternoon!
Posted 1 year ago # -
yeh it was alot harder at first but now ive got my head round it, its only 2 springs you just gotta know which way they go and its sorted
Posted 1 year ago # -
when ypu've fixes the x9,s chris you can fix my x7,s on the specialized bike (wont go click into middle ring) ! lol ...
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was thinking 'Schools out....'
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They are utter rubbish. Unreliable badly made toss.
Posted 1 year ago # -
luke in talking shite shocker again!
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chris_mbuk - MemberYES you do have to take the cap off the shifter to thread the cable in on the sram x9 shifters, but now im screwed because ive ruined my inner cable trying to thread it through the housing and cut it too short lol ah well LSB is 5 mins away, F***ng sram lol
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Your fault for cutting an inner BEFORE threading it through. If you must cut pre threading heat with a lighter first - makes the cut cleaner and keeps the strands together.
Posted 1 year ago # -
I like mine. Although I agree the grommets are made of cheese, but they do come with full stops.
Posted 1 year ago # -
You know I'm right if you've ever looked inside one. How on earth they charge what they charge for that I don't know. They break very easily compared to Shimano (we replace far more Sram kit in the shop due to premature failure).
Posted 1 year ago # -
Price wise i agree but shifting action is lovely. Sram has less margin fro error due to the 1-1 actuation surely. When it works its lovely even down to x7 level. Shimano is more agricultural though.
Posted 1 year ago # -
had my X9s for 3 years, on two bikes, replaced the cables twice, took about 1 minute a shifter both times. if you lay them flat and haven't got the IQ of a flea its pretty straightforward!
but now im screwed because ive ruined my inner cable trying to thread it through the housing and cut it too short
I rest my case
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Always found it a bit of a lottery for feeding cables through X-9s, some go straight through, others can be a nightmare.As for breakages, just had two brand new front shifters warrantied, one made it to the shop floor and then died on a test ride around the block, the second didn't make it out of the workstand.
To even the score a bit, also had two fairly new shimano shifters fall apart too, low-end stuff rather than X-9, but still not good.Posted 1 year ago #
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