As always, I appreciate the effort to do a deeper dive than what's in the PR.
While I'm all for better sealing, bottom brackets are cheap. The killer app here is weight reduction. As of now, SRAM has the lightest mountain crankset on the market, undercutting Next SL G4 by at least 10g. XTR is almost 150g heavier. That's immensely impressive from a major OEM with standards for durability above their third-party competitors.
Jan. 17, 2018, 10:24 a.m. - Alex D
As always, I appreciate the effort to do a deeper dive than what's in the PR. While I'm all for better sealing, bottom brackets are cheap. The killer app here is weight reduction. As of now, SRAM has the lightest mountain crankset on the market, undercutting Next SL G4 by at least 10g. XTR is almost 150g heavier. That's immensely impressive from a major OEM with standards for durability above their third-party competitors.