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Hi,

My camber rear slx derailer is dieing/ dead.
I have seen on elite ... xr model ?.
Question if I get a replacement what benifts are there in up grading to it - long cage ....
Also should I change the front derailer and do I have to change the gear levers as well.
If it gets to complicated I will stick to the SLX wwhich served me well. ( miss use and wear and tear is the faults.

Comments welcome.
Bob
( I aim considering getting nr 14 bike as a replacement as the cost gets higher and then a new one looks glossy )

FSR Stumpjumper carbon black beast .) ( I will wake up in a minute and smell the thorn bushes )
Bob

No need to change the front if only the rear is in trouble. What size chainrings are you running up front, if you have 3 rings you will probably need a long cage, if you have two a medium cage and if its a single then a short cage (some triples will work with a medium cage too !)

Hi,
Thanks .
It is a triple .
Can I take kinks out of the chain to shorten it and take slake out of the chain with out to much effect.
The slx looks a sturdy rear derailer so thinking it is worth keeping . the jockey cage area is opening out and loosing the chain - dont think that bit is replaceable as riveted on.
When I started costing it all up the jockey wheels and bits a new one ( 35 pound s chain reaction.) looks like a good investment.
well done you answered the question of the lengths .
Bob
(Still learning )

Hi Bob, If you've had SLX and are happy then get it again - why waste money?

You run 3 x 9 so long cage 9spd SLX will be fine - CRC and £39.99 - http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=28033

Lets face it if your current SLX if giving up the ghost then it probably has been for some time so a new one will be spot on!

See you out on the Thurrock loop soon mate

Stumpie

Hi,
You out tonight .I still got 15 water bottles to get ride of.
You are right why change - still want to get a stumpie .
Bob
( I came last 9th last week end . )

I'm not about tonight but I think the others are st the gym as normal.

Hi,
Dont want to carry dozen bottles around with me .
I fall off enough.
By the way I got a black eye Monday when I hit a transporter on the A13 .
(Parked up in a white no parking area on the slip road . )
what a game.

Head down going for it..........
Bob

Oooh sounds unpleasant! Was it a Ford transporter?

Hi
No it was a flat pick up with a van on the back (scrap dealer /breakdown )
Nice extra dent in the rear doors -helmet shape.....
They are parking on the slip roads all the time.
I am sure he was not there when I started the climb up it .
Head down going for it.
Crash...........

Bob
Saved bike though - no damage ...............Hurrayyyyyyy.