Originally Posted by
Jack Tone
About the noise, I just watched a GCN tech question and answer show with the same question. The best that they could figure was that the new shadow derailleur uses a higher tension spring on the cage which, makes sense, could cause more noise in the big ring.
Yeah that's the one video I was thinking about but couldn't find again on short notice. I do notice that when my chain does begin to get noisy, it's nearly always in the big ring. That said, I'm rarely in the small ring (I don't have many big climbs near me) so that could play a factor.