You can match it up with a GX Eagle derailleur and cassette for 10-50t though, hence the lack of 10-42T option. I'm weighing up a new gravel bike from a frame and tempted by this for sure!
Cheap power meter as well, wonder what the limitations of that will be.
Power meter will be left leg measurement doubled rather than total power, but still cheaper than pretty much any other power meter out there!
Although DC Rainmaker review isn't looking great at the moment
Can well see the levers, combined with a GX rear mech, finding their way to my gravel/commuter, 1x with 10-50.
You can match it up with a GX Eagle derailleur and cassette for 10-50t though, hence the lack of 10-42T option. I’m weighing up a new gravel bike from a frame and tempted by this for sure!
I want the opposite - 10-36 with MTB shifter.
Its got a clutch, has it got the self protective features that the mtb mechs have?
Seems road 12spd and mtb 12spd are different freehubs though (tears hair out)
Tempted to try it with a shimano 10-45 cassette.
Seems road 12spd and mtb 12spd are different freehubs though (tears hair out)
You just need to pop a spacer on if you're sticking a mtb cassette on a XD-R freehub.
You can't fit a SRAM 12 sp road cassette on an XD freehub though can you?
I quite fancy it in 1x with the 10-36 cassette. I don't think I've ever used the 42t on current cassette.
I'm waiting on someone to produce and affordable 11-36 cassette before going axs on the road bike. Love it on my MTB and Ive even looking at the road stuff. But even the cheapest combo of cassettes (2x), freehubs(2x), shifter (blip box) and a mech puts it well out side my 'is it worth it zone' for a upgrade from 10sp and over 1k.
SRAM AXS is very expensive to buy as parts compared to the price uplift (say over Shimano) on a complete bike. Quite hard to justify buying it as an upgrade.
I have AXS Force, but only as it came on the bike.
