I’ve been using one for about 6 weeks now. They really are a game changer. Chain slap is almost totally gone and losing the chain is a thing of the past. I’ve back pedalled down some pretty rooty and rocky descents actually trying to lose the chain and not managed to. My normal days riding involves descents of 600m to 2000m in one go and in 6 weeks the chain has only shifted from where it should be once. The rest of the time it doesn’t even wander to another ring it just stays 100% fixed right where it should be.
The one disadvantage I’ve found so far is that when you ride in really wet conditions (i.e. a 6 hours of riding in snow and rivers of melt water.) the shifting to a bigger cog on the rear gets a bit stiff. Once everything dries out it seems to get ok again. The only time I have turned the clutch mechanism off was to remove the rear wheel.
I’ll be changing my second bike over to a 2×10 with a shadow plus as soon as I’ve got the cash aside, it really is a game changer.
