Yes! I put a $250 Precision Billet ProShift "CNC era" rear derailer on a $200 Schwinn mtb frame..both found on Ebay. The frame is totes faster fer sure!
On Saturday, April 26, 2014 9:13:18 AM UTC-7, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > > I've been a fan of Tiagra and Alivio parts for years. It's decent looking, > works great, and comparatively cheap (not as cheap as Altus). A lot of bike > people have a psychological barrier to using "entry level" parts, buying > into the hype about climbing the hierarchy to the fancier stuff. When I > worked at a Trek shop, Trek had price-point bikes for every Shimano group. > It was usually an easy upsell to let the customer convince himself/herself > that the more expensive models had smoother shifting or whatever. I always > thought it was funny that the fanciest part was usually the rear > derailleur. Trek could get away with a lower end part-spec, but put an > Ultegra rear derailleur on the bike, and it became a high performance > machine! > > It's also somewhat funny to put a $30 derailleur on a $2000 frame. I > wonder if you get the same effect by putting a $200 frame on a $300 > derailleur. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
