Wolf Tooth 11 Speed GoatLink Reviews
Review score: 8.8/10 – Updated September, 2024
Latest Price: £28 – Save 15% (RRP: £33)
Take a look now to discover what makes Wolf Tooth 11 Speed GoatLink worthy of a review score of 8.8 out of 10.
Skip to content:
Wolf Tooth 11 Speed GoatLink features
Wolf Tooth 11 Speed GoatLink
|
|
|
Spec 1
|
Colour: Black Other Derailleurs found with this Spec: 6387 |
|
Feature 1
|
Material: 6061 Aluminium Other Derailleurs found with this feature: 15 |
|
Feature 2
|
Included: Stainless Steel bolt Other Derailleurs found with this feature: 3 |
|
Feature 3
|
Torque: 8-10Nm Other Derailleurs found with this feature: 3 |
|
Feature 4
|
Speed: 11 speed Other Derailleurs found with this feature: 107 |
|
Feature 5
|
Made in the USA Other Derailleurs found with this feature: 25 |
|
Feature 6
|
Part Numbers: WT11S44GLINK Other Derailleurs found with this feature: 1 |
|
Feature 7
|
Weight: 19g Other Derailleurs found with this feature: 4 |
|
Price
|
£28 |
|
Buy
|
Quality
Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Derailleurs. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Wolf Tooth 11 Speed GoatLink.
The first thing is material. Looking at what Wolf Tooth 11 Speed GoatLink is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.
Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Derailleurs. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.
There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Derailleurs. Brands like Wolf Tooth are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.
Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Derailleurs category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.
Comparing Prices
Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Derailleurs.
It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.
Price of Wolf Tooth 11 Speed GoatLink
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Wolf Tooth 11 Speed GoatLink.
We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Wolf Tooth 11 Speed GoatLink was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £28 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.3 out of 10 for price.
Average price of Derailleurs
Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Derailleurs.
We found 349 in the Derailleurs category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £69.07, making it below average at £28.
It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Derailleurs. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £670.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £2.99.
With 349 products available we worked out that 160 cost more than Wolf Tooth 11 Speed GoatLink and 188 were cheaper.
Cost of Wolf Tooth products
At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 40 products from Wolf Tooth, of which 4 were in the Derailleurs category.
For now though we’re looking at Wolf Tooth branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £57.60 making this product below average.
You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Wolf Tooth product we found was £6.00 and the highest price we could find from them was £127.00.
Of the 40 from Wolf Tooth, 29 were more expensive than Wolf Tooth 11 Speed GoatLink and 10 were cheaper.
How much are Wolf Tooth Derailleurs?
We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Wolf Tooth products that are listed in the Derailleurs category.
The average price of the 4 products that match this search was £26.75, with the cheapest coming in at £22.00 and highest price was £33.00. With the average being £26.75, Wolf Tooth 11 Speed GoatLink comes in above average.
1 products that meet this search were more expensive than Wolf Tooth 11 Speed GoatLink and 2 were cheaper.
Wolf Tooth 11 Speed GoatLink Reviews
Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.
There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.
1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.
2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.
Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Wolf Tooth 11 Speed GoatLink reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Wolf Tooth 11 Speed GoatLink, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.8 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Derailleurs category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.3 out of 5.
Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Wolf Tooth 11 Speed GoatLink or another similar product, like Wolf Tooth Roadlink reviews or Wolf Tooth Direct Mount Roadlink reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Derailleurs.
Brand
As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Derailleurs. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Wolf Tooth, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.
YouTube Video of Wolf Tooth 11 Speed GoatLink
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Wolf Tooth 11 Speed GoatLink reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Wolf Tooth 11 Speed GoatLink. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 8.8/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 27198136481
- Product ID 2: 810915UK
- Brand: Wolf Tooth
- Model number: WT11S44GLINK
- RRP: £33
- EAN: 812719021937
- Description: Wolf Tooth 11 Speed GoatLinkThe GoatLink is a mech hanger extension that offsets the position of your 11 speed Shimano rear derailleur. This improves long-term shifting performance and makes it possible to run larger range cassettes in an optimal position. It is a hassle-free choice for riders who want to climb steeper hills on a 1x setup.The GoatLink 11 hanger extension offsets the position of your 11-speed Shimano mountain bike rear derailleur allowing you to be able to run a wider range cassette while improving performance. This project began with the desire to run 11-speed Shimano derailleurs and shifters with SRAM 10-42t XD cassettes. Granted the combination can work without modification – but performance wasn’t quite what Wolf Tooth expected from Shimano and SRAM’s finest. When used with a 10-42t cassette, the GoatLink 11 re-positions SLX M7000, XT M8000 and XTR M9000 rear derailleurs such that free chain length between the cassette and the top derailleur pulley is within 1% of what Shimano intended while cassette tooth engagement in the smallest cog is improved by 27%.Knowing that certain situations call for a range beyond that provided 10-42t or 11-42t cassettes, Wolf Tooth tweaked the GoatLink 11 to also significantly improve Shimano 11spd rear derailleur performance with extended-range like the Wolf Tooth GCX44 modified 10-44t XX1 or X01 cassette.Compatibility:The GoatLink 11 is compatible with SLX M700, XT M8000 and XTR M9000 series 11-speed Shimano rear derailleurs.The GoatLink 11 mounts only to standard derailleur hangers.Double chainrings (2x) is supported and requires a long cage (SGS) rear derailleur with no more than a 12t difference in front chainrings (with an 11-46t cassette).Triple chainrings are not supported.Direct Mount native frames and SRAM derailleurs are not supported. *Due to variations in derailleur hanger geometry, chainstay length, chainring size, B-screw adjustment, and suspension configuration, individual results will vary slightly.Features: Material: 6061 Aluminium Included: Stainless Steel bolt Torque: 8-10Nm Speed: 11 speedMade in the USA Part Numbers: WT11S44GLINK Weight: 19gBuy Wolf Tooth Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Components > Derailleurs
- Savings percentage from RRP: 15%
- Unisex
- 5
- Adult
Other options for Derailleurs
As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Derailleurs. 349 in fact.
A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Wolf Tooth 11 Speed GoatLink included,
FSA Replacement Brake Pads reviews, Kool Stop Eagle 2 Brake Pads reviews, or we really liked the look of PROLOGO Zero-II Pas Tirox Road Saddle reviews as another alternative.