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I find this so unbelievable.
Yet I was there and I find it believable.
Key thing here is that it was the same place and same time, late autumn. Lots of dead branches covered by dead leaves on that section of trail. Fairly fast section on a narrow trail leading to a sharp turn, you can't see the dead branches until too late and you're going too fast to avoid them.
I had the same thing driving to work. Never seen a serious crash for years. But then, two days in a row, there was a truck rolled on its side at the same spot. It was a bumpy corner leading onto an arched bridge, the first freeze of winter. Bridges have airflow under them so they will ice up before normal roads do. A bumpy corner leading onto a bridge in icy weather is deadly for trucks.
The statistical trick here is that the incidents weren't independent, they happened at times and places that made it much more likely for problems to happen.
It’s £275 for the Madrone, £300 for GX AXS, £399 for GX T type
Add the Madrone to the cart, the UK VAT gets added, and the UDH mount version costs extra. . £399 is full retail for the GX Tranmission, it's widely available much cheaper, as I linked.
Add the Madrone to the cart, the UK VAT gets added
It clearly states "Tax included and shipping and discounts calculated at checkout".
I smashed the rear mech off my ebike recently - partly my fault for forgetting I had one but by 'eck its a vulnerable bit of what is otherwise a robust machine. Nothing else would have broken so easily.
Cheapest Madrone I could get at checkout shipped to the UK was £312 including an eye water £30 in shipping and a mysterious £10 for duties.
Cheapest UK t-type I could fine was £350 and still needs batteries etc. I like axs for the ability to have wired shifter and consistent performance in grim conditions. However, if I didn't, I'd struggle to justify the madrone over a £50 deore which shifts perfectly provided the cable is good (which sadly isn't long on my current frames).
Embrace the Singularity, ditch the dangly expensive bits, go singlespeed. I think there's a chap called Sam somewhere on here who may be able to help you...
I was watching YouTube last night about some new version of Cues with particularly wide range gearing. As the fellah was running through the ratios I did notice that the bottom jockey wheel looked to be about 3 inches from the ground when in the lower gears. That was a 700c wheel too. Looked pretty stupid, though of course form should come after function.
While larger rear mechs can be more vulnerable I'd take that every time over double and triple front mechs with the inherent problems of chainsuck, having to back off the power to make a clean front shift or risk ripping the rear mech off, with the potential for it to go into the rear wheel or even snap the frame