Yeah, never gone above XT level before on a group so it was a bit of a shock – kinda thought as XX1 cassettes were £300 that X01 would be a good chunk less. May well drop once X01 gets out to the aftermarket though. Fingers crossed they’ll have X91 out before I need a new one!
Will probably be more religious with changing chains earlier though – never really bothered too much before as it’s not a huge outlay to change an XT level cassette every year or so.
I’m happy enough with my current 1×10 XT /Zee /works chainring combo and don’t need the extra legs X01 will give me but if I build what I want it works out at not far off the same price as buying the higher specced bike off the shelf, so not a lot of point really. Might be a new X01 group and wheelset in the classifieds shortly!