Wolf Tooth Roadlink Reviews
Review score: 9.4/10 – Updated November, 2024
Latest Price: £24 (RRP: £24)
Take a look now to discover what makes Wolf Tooth Roadlink worthy of a review score of 9.4 out of 10.
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Wolf Tooth Roadlink features
Wolf Tooth Roadlink
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Spec 1
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Colour: Black Other Derailleurs found with this Spec: 6387 |
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Feature 1
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Material: 6061 Aluminium Other Derailleurs found with this feature: 15 |
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Feature 2
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Included: Stainless Steel bolt Other Derailleurs found with this feature: 3 |
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Feature 3
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Torque: 8-10Nm Other Derailleurs found with this feature: 3 |
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Feature 4
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Speed: 10/11 speed Other Derailleurs found with this feature: 11 |
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Feature 5
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Made in the USA Other Derailleurs found with this feature: 25 |
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Feature 6
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Part Numbers: WTRLINK Other Derailleurs found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 7
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Weight: 17g Other Derailleurs found with this feature: 1 |
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Price
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£24 |
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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 Roadlink.
The first thing is material. Looking at what Wolf Tooth Roadlink 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 Roadlink
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Wolf Tooth Roadlink.
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 Roadlink was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £24 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.7 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 £24.
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 176 cost more than Wolf Tooth Roadlink and 171 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, 33 were more expensive than Wolf Tooth Roadlink and 5 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 Roadlink comes in below average.
2 products that meet this search were more expensive than Wolf Tooth Roadlink and 1 were cheaper.
Wolf Tooth Roadlink 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 Roadlink reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Wolf Tooth Roadlink, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.5 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 Roadlink or another similar product, like Wolf Tooth Direct Mount Roadlink reviews or FSA Replacement Brake Pads 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 Roadlink
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Wolf Tooth Roadlink reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Wolf Tooth Roadlink. 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 9.4/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 27198136483
- Product ID 2: 810919UK
- Brand: Wolf Tooth
- Model number: WTRLINK
- RRP: £24
- EAN: 812719021869
- Description: Wolf Tooth RoadlinkThe Roadlink is a rear mech hanger extension that’s optimised for use with Shimano derailleurs and 10 or 11 speed 11-36T and 11-40T cassettes. Its extension offsets the position of your road bike’s derailleur, making it possible to run a wider mountain bike cassette. This makes it ideal if you’re looking to convert to a 1x set up with minimal fuss.If you’re looking for the simplicity of a single chainring up front or even just want lower bail-out gears on your double without changing your existing groupset or losing shifting performance and chain wrap, then the RoadLink is for you. The RoadLink is optimised for use with 10 or 11-speed 11-36t and 11-40t cassettes, Shimano road derailleurs and is best paired with Wolf Tooth’s 40-tooth GC cassette extenders and Drop-Stop chainrings. Compatibility:10 Speed Cassette Compatibility:11-32: Not Required (GS medium cage rear derailleur works)11-34: Single (for double chainring be sure to not exceed the derailleur’s capacity)11-36: Single (for double chainring be sure to not exceed the derailleur’s capacity)11-40: Single (for double chainrings sure to not exceed the derailleur’s capacity)11-42: Not supported11 Speed Cassette Compatibility:11-32: Not Required (GS medium cage rear derailleur works)11-34: Single (for double chainring be sure to not exceed the derailleur’s capacity)11-36: Single (for double chainring be sure to not exceed the derailleur’s capacity)11-40: Single (for double chainring be sure to not exceed the derailleur’s capacity)11-42: Not supported10-42: Not supportedDouble chainrings are only supported with GS (medium cage) rear derailleurs. You may need to change the front gearing so the capacity of the rear derailleur is not exceeded.The RoadLink is optimized for the 10- and 11-speed Shimano road derailleur geometry. It also works very well with 9-speed road groups, all SRAM groups, and Campagnolo derailleurs with cassettes up to 11-36t.Triple chainrings are not supported (medium cage rear derailleurs cannot accommodate that big of a range).Direct Mount-native frames are not supported. Due to the lack of a clutch mechanism on Shimano road derailleurs, secondary chain retention (front derailleur or chain device) may be needed, especially for rough or off-road use. Due to variations in derailleur hanger geometry, chainstay length, chainring size, B-screw adjustment, and suspension configuration, individual results will vary. Features: Material: 6061 Aluminium Included: Stainless Steel bolt Torque: 8-10Nm Speed: 10/11 speedMade in the USA Part Numbers: WTRLINK Weight: 17gBuy Wolf Tooth Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
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