SRAM Eagle AXS

Anyone had it for a while now, what’s it like.
Few of my drivetrain parts are getting to that point and I was thinking of giving AXS ago, fancy the 10-52 cassette as well.

bike-discount.de seems to be a good price but I bit weary of spending £750 with them.

I’ve had it on the bike for a while. No issues so far, really like it.

Had it on 2 bikes since release. no issues. Won’t be going back to cables.

Am considering a new road bike with Force etap AXS so interested in this thread…

Im working on the justification part. So far the best I’ve come up with is that I could buy one set and use it on both bikes if it is as easy to install and set up as claimed

Im working on the justification part. So far the best I’ve come up with is that I could buy one set and use it on both bikes if it is as easy to install and set up as claimed

God luck with that, it’s hard to justify it over a regular mech, and it’s not really a quick job to swap a mech over, you’d have to take apart the cage (unless you split the chain each time) and reset up the b tension and probably shifting micro adjust.

Now, the reverb AXS – if you have 2 bikes with the same diameter seatpost – is a much easier justification. 3 bikes? It’s almost cost effective! And it’s a 2 minute job to swap the post and remote over and adjust the seat angle.

I just wish they would release a 200mm version…

If you’re a serial mech killer I’d probably stay away too. The protection can only do so much and if you regularly kill mechs a £500 “wear and tear” item probably isn’t a good idea 😁

I have had no issues with the technology. I just don’t like the controller paddle and for that reason alone would still prefer xt/xtr cabled shifters. Never tried shimano di2 so can’t compare that controller.

The reverb on the other hand, I will never go back to cable/hydraulic if I get any choice.

If you’re a serial mech killer I’d probably stay away too. The protection can only do so much

I’ve seen some pretty battered mechs (bits missing kind of battered) that still work.

I’m still using my gen1 xx1 mech so definitely don’t kill those.

Now to decide to I go with bike-components.de or pay £100 more to get from the UK.

I dithered for a while then just got drunk one night and ordered it… got a good deal on mine at the start of COVID, paid £610 for XX1, rainbow cassette and 2 rainbow chains.

It’s great, faultless so far and I actually prefer the ergonomics of shifter as I have a bit of arthritis in my thumb and never got on with cable shift paddles.

Where did you get it for that price. Just the mech and shifter are more than that now.

bike-components.de are fine

only issue i have with mine (1 ride) is i need to turn off multi shift, kept dumping loads of gears when hike a bike yesterday in the peaks

No reason not to use bike-discount.de, I’ve used them for loads in the past year and they are just as fast as any uk site.

Where did you get it for that price. Just the mech and shifter are more than that now.

Told you I was drunk, just like now. Was £910 not £610!

Haha, that’s more like it.

Prices have increased a bit though, you could get an AXS reverb for under £500 a few weeks back, they’re £550+ now.

bike-discount.de are good, but what price do you put on warranty support? It’s not impossible through Ziro-Fisher, but easier through a UK dealer where you purchased it from.

With regards to AXS, I have XX1 Eagle AXS and a Reverb on the mountain bike, Red AXS on the road bike and a mullet hybrid on my gravel bike. All have worked faultlessly and reliably over the year or so I have had them. Nice to run the same ‘ecosystem’ on all of the bikes and the mullet setup works brilliantly well crossing over between road and off-road systems.

I upgraded from 11 speed xx1 to 12 speed xx1 Eagle AXS and certainly don’t regret it.
I also bought the mechanical version for my 2nd bike so I could change wheels around to suit the conditions and it feels very primative compared to the precise, fluid action of the AXS.
My only complaint (if you can call it that) is that I’m struggling to find a comfortable position for the controller (shifter) after years of using the mechanical SRAM shifters. I’d recommend it to anyone who might be toying with the idea.

My mech developed an issue where it wouldn’t change to smallest gear, turns out a wee bit of spray lube does wonders. As it works so well in all conditions, I’d continued to wax my chain but had forgotten to oil the pivots on the mech, so I give them a quick spray every 4 weeks and now back to 12 perfect gears.
I’ve been really happy with it.

I found when using bike-discount.de it was cheaper to pay in EURO’s and use Paypal.
The exchange rate was better by some margin a few weeks ago.
AXS is brilliant. I was a mug and bought it when it first came out but its been faultless. Bike-Discount.de are very good and reliable.

Using my Clarity credit card in Euros should result in the best price. Thanks

It came on new bike few weeks ago never used SRAM before & I have to say I’m hugely impressed. I’ve yet to get it to synch with SRAM Web to do post ride shifting analysis as I can’t quite work out how to connect my rides to the site. It’s say drag & drop a FIT file which I cant seem to do & the AXS app it only shows Garmin connect – I use Wahoo & Training Peaks.

its Garmin only at the moment iirc

I can get the gears to synch with my Roam head unit it’s just finding my rides in .fit format as on Training Peaks they are .fit.gz & can’t seem to find them anywhere on Strava ?

I see now – Garmin & FIT files I get it.

I bought a couple of pairs of the Eagle AXS Upgrade kits from Mantel (Dutch online bike component seller) last month for around £670 each
New stock in next week I believe.
https://www.mantel.com/uk/sram-xx1-eagle-axs-upgradekit-groupset
Recommend these people – very reliable and orders have arrived in 3 to 4 days if in stock.

Mantel, never heard of them, seems an excellent price.

I can get the gears to synch with my Roam head unit it’s just finding my rides in .fit format as on Training Peaks they are .fit.gz

Not really familiar with Wahoo, but if the extension of the file truly reflects its contents, then .fit.gz should be a gZipped .fit file – it is an archive (like a Zip file) that can be extracted using any achiving utility (winzip, zip, 7zip…). Similarly, a .gz archive can be created using the said utilities if needed.

More on topic, I recently switched to AXS as an upgrade from a SRAM 1×11 which was on its last leg (or at least that’s how I justified it). I’m happy with it so far, the only nitpick I would have is the lack of tactile feedback from the shifter – I much preferred the feel of the mechanical 1×11 shifter.
Also, one thing I haven’t seen mentioned anywhere is that the AXS RD is spring-actuated/assisted(?) on the downshift stroke (much like a Shimano Rapid Rise of old).

I raced with it for the first time yesterday at Gorrick 8 hour, it’s absolutely superb it never misses a beat shifts effortlessly under pressure when racing and dare I say saves energy – one small click and it changes no pressure no worries. I have it synchronised with my Wahoo so I can see the ‘gears’ on the head unit. All round amazing piece of kit.

I have an XX1 AXS mech on my capra and seems to work really well. Was really easy to setup. Love not having cables. A few hits and some wear cosmetically but has not missed a beat. Bike-ComponentsDe order. Droppers are back in stock late sept 🙁

Have an X01 to go on my Morph cycles steel FS. Do not think I will be going back to cables anytime soon but still keeping a spare GX mech for trips.

Is there a way to run the rear mech and dropper from one shifter / controller?

Is there a way to run the rear mech and dropper from one shifter / controller?

No. Or rather, not yet.

Doesn’t matter if the mech is rapid rise or not – you can decide which button moves the mech which way in the app…so if you really are stuck on having the shifter work the same way as a ‘standard’ mechanical; rear mech, you can make the big button move the mech the same way (not trying to be patronising, just can’t think of a better descriptor for the bottom bit of the button!).

I got a reminder on my phone on Saturday afternoon that my rear mech battery had 2-5 hours charge left in it…I think that was last charged about 8-10 weeks ago and has been left on the bike…so the charge certainly seems to last a decent time (3-5 rides a week and about 40+ shifts per ride).

I fitted some AXS to a mate’s gravel bike the other day. Impressive. Easy to fit and setup. It sounded a bit clunky in use, initially, but the shifts were fine.

I must say though, and echo a few others, that the shifter ergonomics aren’t perfect for me.

Shifting to an easier gear is fine (thumb clicks downwards) but to shift the other way isn’t so intuitive for me, and you have to lift your thumb up to the top part of the ‘paddle’. Maybe you get used to it…?

Shifting to an easier gear is fine (thumb clicks downwards) but to shift the other way isn’t so intuitive for me, and you have to lift your thumb up to the top part of the ‘paddle’. Maybe you get used to it…?

I’ve found that it works really well if you just roll your thumb up and down on the shifter rather than pressing it, if that makes sense?

Sort of like a sweep of the thumb?

I’ve never really used the ‘button’ on the front of the shifter, that doesn’t seem to work for me, but I do like the shifter to the point where I’m not keen on mechanical shifters now (just as well I only have 1 bike!) as they seem to involve more effort.

Sort of like a sweep of the thumb?

Sort of. I just kind of slide the thumb up and down the shifter. I’m the same as you though and never use the front switch.

I got an AXS dropper post switch for the left side really cheap so I may try it with two shifters and see if I like it.

16% VAT here in Germany and Bike-discount are very reliable.

I got an AXS dropper post switch for the left side really cheap so I may try it with two shifters and see if I like it.

That’s how I run mine, reverb controller shifts to harder gears, top/sprint button does the reverb.