Dirt Mountain Biking

Transmission

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• • Dirt 100 2010: E.THIRTEEN CHAINRING

  • February 8th, 2010 @ 8:30 AM | 2

  • A chainring is a chainring right? Well sort of, but e.thirteen rings do offer something a little different to the competition. You see, instead of the usual 34, 36 and 38 tooth increments, the e.thirteen rings are available in odd …

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• • Dirt 100 2010: SRAM XX DRIVECHAIN

  • February 7th, 2010 @ 9:30 AM | 7

  • SRAM are an innovative company driving forward developments in all of their groupsets, and with the XX they are leading the way into a 10 speed set up (one which Shimano have already announced they plan to follow in 2010). …

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• • Dirt 100 2010: SHIMANO SLX CHAINSET

  • February 6th, 2010 @ 9:30 AM | 6

  • This is a beautifully engineered chainset at a great price point, it makes full use of the developments in Shimano’s top end chainsets of XT and XTR over the past years, but at a price point that is affordable to …

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• • Dirt 100 2010: SHIMANO SAINT CHAINSET

  • February 5th, 2010 @ 8:30 AM | 4

  • Shimano Saint has become the benchmark for downhill cranksets. They have remarkably managed to produce a chainset as strong as most three piece cranks and super stiff whilst shaving further weight off in this most recent incarnation. The Saint chainset …

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• • Dirt 100 2010: PROFILE 3–PIECE STEEL CRANKS

  • February 4th, 2010 @ 9:30 AM | 1

  • No one makes 3–piece cranks like Profile, they have been there from the beginning producing BMX race cranks and have maintained their profile (pun not intended) as the leading brand in this market. There are countless copies out there now …

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• • Dirt 100 2010: SHIMANO XTR CHAINSET

  • February 3rd, 2010 @ 9:30 AM | 1

  • The ultimate chainset, the XTR’s are simply stunning. So too is their price tag unfortunately, but quality of this standard costs money. The XTR’s are fiendishly lightweight and deceptively strong, dealing with all trail duties with ease. While they are …

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• • Dirt 100 2010: SHIMANO DX SPD PEDALS

  • February 2nd, 2010 @ 9:09 AM | 3

  • We had to make a call on the pedals; it was between the DX SPD and the Crankbrothers Mallets. While the Mallets have the advantage of being able to clip–in from multi directions and offering a bigger platform, they do …

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• • Dirt 100 2010: POINT ONE RACING FLAT PEDALS

  • February 1st, 2010 @ 9:30 AM | 1

  • Point One Racing are proving to be pretty innovative with their new component range. Their Podium pedals caught our eye when we first saw photographs of them, and when they landed in the office there was an instant ‘oooh’ from …

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• • Dirt 100 2010: GAMUT CHAIN DEVICE

  • January 31st, 2010 @ 9:30 AM | 2

  • We love the P30’s ease of installation, no other device comes close to the Gamut when it comes to trouble free fitting. Chain devices have been notoriously difficult to set up over the years, usually involving fiddling with tiny bolts …

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• • Dirt 100 2010: E.THIRTEEN LG1+ CHAIN DEVICE

  • January 30th, 2010 @ 9:30 AM | 2

  • The e.thirteen device has been remodelled for 2010 and we really like the new set up. Whilst it doesn’t feature any huge innovative design it does pull in on a lot of the best ideas from other manufacturers and delivers …

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• • Dirt 100 2010: SHIMANO SLX REAR MECH & SHIFTER

  • January 29th, 2010 @ 9:30 AM | 4

  • In the same way that we would choose the X.9 shifter and mech in the SRAM line up, we love the SLX groupset from Shimano; it is stylish and does the job every bit as well as the more expensive …

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• • Dirt 100 2010: SRAM X.9 REAR MECH & SHIFTER

  • January 28th, 2010 @ 9:30 AM | 5

  • While Sram’s X.0 offers all the bling and weight savings associated with a top of the range groupset, in reality the X.9 shifter and mech offers all the same functionality, with sharp snappy shifting, at considerably less cost. We are …

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