Well, it’s obviously an inflammatory commment, but at the same time, I must have a point. A 50t cassette? Under what circumstances would you need one of those, unless you were seriously unfit? The 10t ones can’t last long at all either. Or they never used to on BMXs.
And folk used to complain that geared hubs were putting all the weight in the wrong place on the bike.
Given that sram are able to make a cassette significantly lighter than the shimano offering the I doubt your actually getting to a serious weight there.
Meh, I’ve just gone for a sunrace 11-42 10speed, cheaper than xt11speed , waaaay cheaper than SRAM and I still get to use shimano mechs I know won’t start developing slop in all the pivots and clutch after a few weekends trips to the mountains ala SRAM
Why would they release the XO1 version before XX1? Why the ‘1’ and not XO2 or XX2? Odd that the resolution isn’t good enough to count the sprockets on the cassette. Looks like someone’s added the word eagle and swapped a couple of 1s for 2s….
Good points. But then Sram has already crammed 4 groupsets into the space where Shimano has 2 so I’m not sure I really understand their logic at the best of times. Maybe XX1 will remain as the XC ultra-light group where X01 is more gnar/enduro.
No mention of a chain either which would be one of the more interesting parts.
Shame it is made by SRAM. My recent experiences with their kit from a reliability and longevity point of view has been massively underwhelming. The last Sram cassette I used was fine right up until the point that I started snapping teeth off. The rear mech developed slop after a handful of rides. The press fit bottom bracket decided to fail in sympathy.The kit may be light but there is a definite trade off in reliability and longevity that I’m not willing to make.
Doesn’t even appear to be leccy shifting either, these old fashioned Bowden cables really are Sooo 1890’s…
I think the most disappointing aspect though (if true) is the **** name… “Eagle” FFS, really?
I’m starting my own rumour now:
Campag to re-enter the MTB market with an all new 1×17 groupset. The entire group is assembled by hand from slivers of graphine by artisanal wizards and weighs just 397g (including cranks, hubs and cassette). There is no shifter, instead, customers are sent on a two week course where they learn to control the dérailleur with focused thought…
All 100% FACT!!
I thought the problem with the 9t was the chain went round a bit lumpy?
Shame it is made by SRAM. My recent experiences with their kit from a reliability and longevity point of view has been massively underwhelming.
Got over 2 years from my last x9 setup. Mech went sloppy but they all do that and it never impacted shifting, in the end I let the chain go on too long and decided to run the lot of it out and go to GX.
I heard there was some tooth snapping on some 11sp cassettes but they were being happily warrantied over here which suggests batch issues rather than inherent issues.
Can’t comment on BB’s as I’ve only used hope for the last 7/8 years I reckon.
How are you guys finding the sunrace cassette? I’m thinking of going for the 40t with an SLX mech. Any issues with shifting of even getting on to the big ring?
How about a 10-42 with a 30 up front, almost the same. Or just go for a 30 up front with what you have if your crank will take it and put up with the loss of a gear at the other end.
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