Deore to XTR for less than $25!! | Shimano 12-Speed MTB Derailleurs Compared

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FINALLY someone made a video of this SHIMANO hack! I swapped XT jockey wheels in my SLX derailer last year and the shifting differences was very noticeable, it was crisper and felt more deliberate especially when shifting into larger gears. There is almost no lateral flex/play in the XT jockey wheels, compared to the bushing style of the DEORE and SLX, especially in the guide pully closer to the cassette which sees most of the lateral forces from shifting. This is especially noticeable in the bushing style jockey wheels after a couple seasons if you like to change gears a lot. The bushing style is fine for radial pressures as the chain rolls through under tension as you pedal but the bearings in the jockeys are going to be MUCH better adapt at dealing with the lateral forces when side pressure is added like shifting. The best way to convey the differences in words would be to say that with the bushing style shifting is like the chain saying "Fine, I'll change gear" where with the bearing style jockeys it fells more like "OK, Done!"

Love your vids explaining the difference between the shimano lines. Ur channel is very informative and ur channel is highly underrated.

Very educational. Thanks i m saving this vid to rewatch and just changed the jockey wheels on my slx deraileur

Awesome video 👍🏽 very informative and elaborate but also keeping it short and simple. Great format. Well done mate

Just found the channel as I'm differently in need of a new cassette and chain. Forms out that you have the same polygon T8 bike as well. Bonus! Great format with the wall overlay and well explained overall. 1 more sub.

Great video! Everyday mountain bikers like me love saving money where we can and spending money on what counts instead.

Great Video, quite helpful and thank you for the link to the XT jockey wheels. Great taste in beer as well (at least the glass, I hope that was a Troegs you were pouring into it!)

I really like the Deore stuff that came on my bike , works great and I would definitely buy them again 😊

My 6100 wheels are now starting to look terrible and even cleaning doesn't help so that is a very informative video. Thanks man!

Loved the beer grams comparison 😂 As a bigger than average human I don’t care too much about weight savings and more about functionality. Great vid!

Hey thanks for the video! New subscriber here, links to them pulleys was RIGHTEOUS!!

YESSSS more of this super helpful info thanks so much!!

I like the comparison! great video!

This was very informative. Thank you. New sub

Great video and very unbiased and informative.

Thank you this was so easy to understand and wish everything was explained the same

Take my thumbs up for the beer/weight comparison

Great educational video. Love this!

Not only jockey wheels. Look closely to the joints in parallelogram mechanism. It's always been with Shimano that lower grops has less joints made the proper way. This attributes to how much play develops in parallelogram mechanism over time. Deore XT has all (4/4) the joints made proper way. SLX - 3/4, Deore - 2/4, Alivio - 1/4, Acera 0/4. Not sure how it is for 12s groups, but I assume same principle.