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SRAM Introduces NX Eagle 1×12 Groupset, including a sub-£100 cassette - its cheapest drivetrain yet!
Read more: https://singletrackworld.com/2018/06/sram-introduces-nx-eagle-1x12-groupset-including-a-sub-100-cassette/
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everyone this is will here from
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singletrack magazine in singletrack
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WorldCom and we're here in the wonderful
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singletrack magical workshop we have
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brand new group set that we want to talk
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to you about today we're very excited
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about this
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I've actually been riding this
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drivetrain for the past month or so but
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we can finally talk about it SRAM is
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happy to pull the wrappers off brand new
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NX eagle group set so this is the fourth
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and also the cheapest Eagle drivetrain
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to come from SRAM of course you've
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already got xx one Eagle XO one eagle
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and as of last year
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GX eagle as well this NX eagle group
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sets Lots underneath those existing
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drive trains and it comes in at a
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considerably more aggressive price point
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as well so in terms of the drivetrain
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you see here we've got an X Eagle
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shifter derailleur chain cassette and
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crank set without the bottom bracket
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you're looking at three hundred and
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sixty five quid now to put that into
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perspective that is actually quite a bit
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cheaper than one XX one Eagle cassette
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compared to GX Eagle it's about one
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hundred and thirty quid cheaper for the
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NX Eagle drivetrain so very aggressively
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priced I think we're going to see a lot
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of these drive trains on 2019 model year
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bikes and I think this is going to be a
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very tempting upgrade for those who have
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perhaps resisted the 12 speed onslaught
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of the past couple of years there are a
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few things going on with this group set
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which are worth talking about firstly
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though I'm going to talk about the
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cassette because this is the biggest
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point of difference between NX Eagle and
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any other Eagle drivetrain now it is a
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12 speed cassette but unlike other Eagle
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cassettes this starts at 11 tooth and
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goes up to 50 so the range is a little
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bit tighter than the existing 10 to 50
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tooth 12 speed Eagle cassettes starts at
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11 goes up to 50 so the range is a bit
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shorter we're talking four hundred and
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fifty four percent range as I said still
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twelve speed but like the NX eleven
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speed cassette the twelve speed cassette
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is designed to fit onto a regular
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freehub body hence White has the 11 to 3
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next
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freehub body to mount this cassette it's
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designed to go on a regular Shimano hg
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body and that means the cassette can be
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built in a I guess in a better value
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cheap away in terms of manufacturing so
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it is all steel we do have an alloy
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spider for the for bigger sprockets the
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last eight of them are all individual
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stamp steel sprockets it is quite heavy
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so compared to the existing Eagle
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cassettes you're looking at 613 grams
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which is quite a bit of weight it's
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probably the heaviest cassette that that
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I've come across at least in this kind
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of size and range that's the price you
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pay to get the low price so the cassette
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on its own is 99 quid so quite a lot
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cheaper than a GX Eagle cassette which
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comes in 170 and that's the next step up
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from this one we've of course got the NX
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Eagle chain not a whole lot
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difference going on there it doesn't
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have any fancy coatings it is fairly
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basic the chain there is 26 quid for
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that alone is 12 speed specific and it's
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got that neat little flow link let me
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just wind that around here now on the
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bottom you can see there's a little flow
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link the little joining link which is
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quite neat moving on to the derailleur
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the NX Eagle rear mech of course 12
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speed now this derailleur like all of
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the NX Eagle group sets it's all cross
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compatible with the existing Eagle
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drivetrain so you could put this derail
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up onto a xx1
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eagle group set likewise with the
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cassette you can kind of mix and match
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depending on your setup and what you
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want to run this mech is very very
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similar to the GX Eagle derailleur the
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only real functional difference is the
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cage of Steel rather than alloy so a
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little bit heavier a little bit tougher
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potentially we've only or I've only been
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riding this for about a month now so
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long-term durability is yet to be
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determined but so far it's all working
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very very well now that rear derailleur
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there we're looking at 341 grams so it
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is a little bit heavier 106 quid for
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that mech so perhaps if you busted off
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an X x1 or XO one derailleur then this
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might be a nice value proposition for
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for you to replace the mech moving on to
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the cranks now these
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here these are actually stylo 6-k cranks
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which incidentally are identical to the
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NX Eagle cranks save for different
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graphics on here so you can see I'll
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show you the backside of this crank arm
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here you've got this kind of forged 6000
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series alloy structure single forged so
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it's not hollow but it is running I
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guess we've got the new dub axle here so
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hidden inside the bottom bracket of the
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frame we can show you the threaded dub
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bottom bracket
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cups that we have here hidden inside the
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frame is an alloy dub spindles designed
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specifically for the dub bottom bracket
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and offers a bunch of different benefits
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the reason strands gone with that is to
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hopefully consolidate GXP and BB 30 into
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one specific crank Axel standard and
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bottom bracket size so you can find more
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information about that on our website
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and singletrack worldcom moving up to
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the shifter we have the NX Eagle trigger
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shifter up here now there are two
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different versions the one we've got
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comes with the matchmaker clamp so we've
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got a separate clamp which bolts the
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shifter to the handlebar you can use a
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matchmaker ex clamp to combine the
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shifter with a SRAM brake lever if you
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want to do that here we've got two
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separate mounts but you've got extra
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adjustability with side to side position
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here really really neat there will be
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another shifter available which uses a
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dedicated integrated bar clamp but this
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one has a separate one and it does offer
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you quite a bit more adjustment which is
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nice function is exactly the same as
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existing kind of SRAM trigger shifters
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so you've got a a real punchy kind of up
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shift and a nice punchy downshift as
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well the levers are plastic so this is
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plastic instead of alloy like you'll
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find on the GX Eagle shifter it doesn't
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seem to be a problem on the trail it's
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really nice and stiff plenty responsive
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and it feels good to the touch as well
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so shift quality is really really nice
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aside from that I mean it works really
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really well there's not really any
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issues that I've encountered so far set
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up on the derailleur is crucial to get
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the shifting working properly SRAM
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actually supplies this little
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tool now I'm going to show you how this
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works I'm just going to drop it into the
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the 52 here and this little tool is
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designed to help you with setting up B
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tension so you basically sit it on the
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jockey wheel here and it gives you a
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little gauge you won't be able to see it
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on the camera there but there are little
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printed guides here to show you that
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distance there what it should be
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this is crucial if you don't get the B
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tension set up right the shifting won't
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be a hundred percent in fact I've had
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some test bikes in the past where the be
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tension wasn't quite right well the
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chain length wasn't quite right and
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they're shifting was horrible and once
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those were dialed in it was like riding
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a brand new drivetrain so make sure you
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take the time to get set up properly
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with that rear mech whatever Eagle
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derailleur you have and you'll you'll
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get really nice shifting out of it but
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if you'd like to read the full review on
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the brand new SRAM NX Eagle drivetrain
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make sure you jump on our website single
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track WorldCom and you'll be able to
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read all about this including confirm
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weights pricing and various details on
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the new NX Engel drivetrain if you've
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got any questions though drop them in
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the comment section below and I will do
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my best to answer them for you
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alright guys well thanks for watching
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and there you have it the new NX Eagle
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