modern shimano question
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I've been looking at the saint and hone stuff quite a bit lately ( bugger , this meaNs the ebay values will now increase ) the way i see it is saint is lx/xt equivalent but tough , made for the really gnarly riding so is burly and weighs more . The saint flavour of hollowtec 2 for instance is the same as lx except the spider is thicker , it has steel pedal inserts and a steel axle . The bearings have a wider threaded section . Id like to get hold of some saint cranks but they seem to go for about £60 .
Im particularly drawn to the subtle eightiesesque dystopian style they have . You can picture it in a 2020 Akira/Blade Runner type cycling film as a groupset that shimano thought would be futuristic but in doing so has that retro future aesthetic .
It wasnt a popular group as it wasnt very cheap and it was quite weighty so most people carried on using xt . thats why the newer saint is a lot lighter than the old .
I havn't given as much thought to hone but it appears to be deore equivalent but again build excessively tough .
Im particularly drawn to the subtle eightiesesque dystopian style they have . You can picture it in a 2020 Akira/Blade Runner type cycling film as a groupset that shimano thought would be futuristic but in doing so has that retro future aesthetic .
It wasnt a popular group as it wasnt very cheap and it was quite weighty so most people carried on using xt . thats why the newer saint is a lot lighter than the old .
I havn't given as much thought to hone but it appears to be deore equivalent but again build excessively tough .
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saint and hone where for free-riding and downhill and hone was lx equivent and saint was between xt and xtr and there top hard to kill group hone and lx where imalgimanted to become slx last year. and saint has been lightened up a bit but is the hardcore xt/xtr equivelent each part is has its equiv in the groups 
and hone was a black version of lx with steel inserts like perry said
and hone was a black version of lx with steel inserts like perry said 
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Hit the MTB consumer brochure here
http://cycle.shimano-eu.com/publish/con ... chure.html
there is a diagram a few pages in.
But as above. Notice Saint is positioned on it's own, but between XT and XTR in it's left to right position.
http://cycle.shimano-eu.com/publish/con ... chure.html
there is a diagram a few pages in.
But as above. Notice Saint is positioned on it's own, but between XT and XTR in it's left to right position.
