SHIMANODeore XT RD-M786 SGS Shadow Plus Rear Derailleur

Works as expected - great Shimano rear derailleur. My previous one did get damaged (bent) on a mountain bike ride - my fault. Was an easy swap out and needed only little adjustment. Shows that even a little bit of bend in the rear derailleur affects the shifting - now perfect shifting again. So - if your shifting is giving you trouble check the derailleur for potential damage and/or if your shifter cable is starting to fail.

An amazing great quality ,durable and sturdy.I am glad i finally found the coreect part for my lovely bike.

Easy to adjust and shifts great. Put this on my son’s Giant 8 speed when his stock derailed had issues. It only took a few minutes to install and set up. Tons of jumps and heavy trail riding with no issues.

Installed this Deore XT 10 speed derailleur on my 1X10 bike setup. After some tedious, but necessary adjustments, I now have my MTB shifting up and down smoothly and reliably. It would be nice for Shimano to put a small instruction manual inside the box to tell you which screw is H and L and to explain the ON/OFF lever. I quickly got my answers from the internet, but an included pamphlet instruction card would be easier for customers.

Great upgrade from the standard XT. I had to replace mine when a good size branch levered up off the trail while riding, wedged itself between the mech and the wheel and ripped the old XT off. This one was not much more than a direct replacement and the clutch is well worth the added price. I was used to having a chain drop or two on every ride (15-30+ miles). I've been riding with the shadow system for about 150 miles now and haven't had a drop the whole time! Slap is lessened or non existent... hard to tell when going through the really rough stuff but overall the chain is obviously much more stable. I can't see a reason to step back to a non shadow system if I had to replace this one. If you don't like it, you can just switch the little lever off!