The Shimano Deore XT M735 is the final incarnation of Shimano’s first indexing Deore XT design. It obviously shares a great deal with the M730 and M732, but has two distinctive features - the ability to adjust the spring tension in the parallelogram and the ability to adjust the spring tension at the hanger bolt.

It has all the usual virtues - beautiful build quality, a restrained look, sealed pulleys with a ceramic bushing in the guide pulley and excellent performance, with fast accurate indexing.

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1. •Brand: Shimano
   

2. •My category: Shimano - the Deore XT story
   

3. •Country: Japan
   

4. •Date of introduction: 1990
   

5. •Date of this example: 1991 (two letter date code is PD)
   

6. •Model no: M735 SGS
   

7. •Weight: 266g
   

8. •Maximum cog: 28 teeth (hanger 26mm), 32 teeth (hanger 29mm) (Source: Sutherlands 6th edition)
   

9. •Total capacity: 38 teeth (Source: Sutherlands 6th edition)
   

10. •Pulley centre to centre: 86.5mm
    

11. •Index compatibility: 6 & 7 speed
    

12. •Chain width: 3/32”
    

13. •Logic: top normal
    

14. •Pivots: two sprung pivots
    

15. •Material: Largely aluminium with a steel inner pulley cage plate
    

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