Micro-Spline will be well suited to all price points and construction methods. Based on their current offerings, if Garbaruk is able to make a Micro-Spline version of any of their 10t cassettes, they will be cheaper, simpler and lighter than the XD versions. If a 9t can fit, this goes double for E\*13\. If Shimano doesn't open the standard all the way up after 12 speed XT drops or sooner, they are really missing an opportunity to take a bloody chunk out of SRAM.
May 28, 2018, 3:02 p.m. - Daryl Naskale
Micro-Spline will be well suited to all price points and construction methods. Based on their current offerings, if Garbaruk is able to make a Micro-Spline version of any of their 10t cassettes, they will be cheaper, simpler and lighter than the XD versions. If a 9t can fit, this goes double for E\*13\. If Shimano doesn't open the standard all the way up after 12 speed XT drops or sooner, they are really missing an opportunity to take a bloody chunk out of SRAM.