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Old 03-17-2024, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by John H. View Post

If you want to stay 1x and keep it simple, the 10-44 cassette makes sense.

The issue I have seen with XPLR is chain retention. The derailleur spring is not as strong as the XX1 derailleur. For this reason, I lean towards with XX1 derailleur and cassette combination.
I have noticed this as well. The eagle derailleurs have much better chain retention and I use them on my more adventure/gravel bike set ups over the XPLR which is on my 650b allroad build. I wonder why they went with a weaker spring on XPLR? Weight savings?

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