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SRAM Rival Rear Derailleur

SRAM Rival  Rear Derailleur

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The Sram Rival 10-Speed Rear Derailleur matches SRAM’s Exact Actuation with tried-and-true competition-proven design and construction. Exact Actuation delivers even gear changes over the entire shifti...
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Reviewed by: 
benInMA

Review Date
August 13, 2008

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
1 Year

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Price Paid:  $0.00 at LBS with new bike

Favorite Ride:
The next one..

Bike Setup:
Serotta, full Rival group

Summary:
Overall I'm fairly happy with this deraiuller. It basically only has one weakness.

Strengths:
- Exceptionally easy to setup
- Holds it's tune well
- Very easy to disassemble the pulley cage for cleaning, quality hardware so the little bolts don't wear out
- Quality bearings on both pulleys, after cleaning they spin freely good as new

Weaknesses:
If you're coming to a stop from a high rate of speed (i.e. traffic light changes in front of you on the flats or on a downhill) and you're in a very small cog, you can't safely dump gears as quickly as with Shimano deraiullers.

If you try to downshift about 6 gears very quickly the chain will jump off the top pulley and jam. As long as you stop pedaling instantly it's OK, but it requires coasting to a stop and fixing the chain. I did this 2-3 times when I first bought the Rival group and my pulley cage is quite gouged as a result, but the deraiuller did not break. Now I have adjusted my shifting style and this never happens, I make sure to downshift 2-3 gears, pedal, and then downshift another 2-3 gears.

It appears the cause of this is trimming the cage a little excessively, possibly a foolish weight saving measure.

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105, Ultegra, DA

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