A mate of mine has pre ordered from CRC

SRAM shifter/mech with Shimano cassette? Isn’t that worst of both worlds?

Which crank chainline for 1×11 – 53 or 50mm?

Current dates –
11-40 cassettes land end of June.
11-42 end of July.
Double chainsets – through July depending on rings/cranks.
Crankset (no ring) end of July.
Long cage mech – start of July.
Mid cage mech – mid July.
Shifters – start of July.
Most front mechs – start of July, but some not until October.

excuse me if this is a stupid question….

But boost hub? whats that then?

im guessing i can just run my current n/w ring on my slx crank? but if i change cranks i take it i need the 50mm (hope evo hub)

where did you buy them from?

SRAM shifter/mech with Shimano cassette? Isn’t that worst of both worlds?

My thinking too.

Well I like SRAM shifting but I’m too cheap to get SRAM 11s cassettes plus the xd driver.

Bit dubious of them being new XT brakes considering it has literally just been launched.

Same weight as my XT 10 speed cassette plus one up 42t expander. So as I expected really.

I thought that too but in some pics the xt ones look pretty good, will need to see some in the flesh first. XTR is just horrible though, no excuses for that…

getting my grubby mitts on some tomorrow (In the flesh like – I missed the OE launch this year ;( )

I will report back on first thoughts 🙂

I have a funny feeling that I’ll be swapping all my X1 stuff over to XT at some point.

The BCD spacing follows what they’ve done with Dura Ace, Ultegra,105, and XTR.

The hollow/composite chainring construction combined with the offset spider (more support where rider puts down most power, less support where less required) makes the rings super stiff, which is necessary for Di2 front shifts. Moving towards this in MTB suggests that either they are either aesthetically bringing the groups closer together (and allowing cross-comparability of rings) or, more likely, that Di2 is on the horizon for more MTB groups.

So it all looks nice. Its metallic painted like the XTR, but in a much blacker finish. Rear mech has some proper tension too 🙂 So should work much better than current shimano 1x setups. 2 x has some nice upgrades, including a very different chainring profile that looks like its going to stop small cog drops, and the side swing mech is as awesome as the XTR one.

In terms of delivery dates though, I think you’re going to be lucky to get any aftermarket in July. OE gets first dibs, and its booked all the way to September now, so I would expect if you’re looking for aftermarket parts Father Christmas might be bringing it for you. For OE bikes, some companies _might_ have something resembling a full group in August, more likely september and for bikes assembled in the far east I would not hold your breath for much before the end of 2015.