New bike – change to AXS??

Surely if it was that bad then old-skool cable ties round the tubes would get a cable shifter sorted without removing the motor?

I’ve had the bike less than a year so I hope it’s going 2 be sorted on warranty. Apparently it is just about possible without removing the motor but VERY fiddly to do, that was from a lad who was running Whyte’s ebike demo stand a few weeks ago and there’s no way I’m taking the motor off myself when it’s still under warranty. I must admit everyone I know who uses AXS hasn’t got a bad word to say about it

Get the old AXS, then the OP can go with the SRAMano set up originally intimidated.

Currently waiting to hear back about a warranty claim on a GX AXS mech that won’t align with the smallest 2 cogs

Are you running an XD hub body? If it’s not fully threaded down you get those symptoms.

Have just moved from XT 11 speed to XO T-type on a new bike.  I was very hesitant to make the change but SRAM has so much of the OEM market tied up right now that if you want higher end suspension then it’s pretty much the defacto choice.

Anyway – two rides in and here are my thoughts:

I think there’s a delay in shifting – it’s most noticeable going from 52 to 45 (so accelerating after a climb) .

I think I need to make it so holding down the shift button does a bunch of shifts because I miss the Shimano multishift currently.

I miss the haptic feedback of cable but I suspect I’ll get used to it.

Tuning the mech is easy via the app.

There’s definitely less “crunching”.

I was fully expecting to hate it and was contemplating taking it off the bike and selling it all to replace with cable but I’m not there yet….

Are you running an XD hub body? If it’s not fully threaded down you get those symptoms.

Yep, DT 350 hub, also bought microspline freehub and slx cassette and it was the same without the chain on, shop seemed pretty sure the mech was the problem but we’ll see what sram have to say about it 🫰

Well since I started this thread, Canyon have discounted the full XT Carbon Strive to a ridiculous degree – Carbon frame with Fox 38 forks and X2 rear shock, DT Swiss wheels and full XT groupset for what will end up being £1700 on the bike to work scheme.
Can’t wait. AXS for another day…