Although I have plenty of my own opinions (and setups) about the SRAMano drivetrain, I'm just stoked that a whole lot more of the OEM market is going to be taken by deore/slx rather than the cancer that is SX and to a lesser extent NX. I swear, they invented SX to capture the OEM market and then upsell GX derailleurs when the plastic body of the SX derailleur inevitably snaps along the fixing bolt.
Furthermore, SRAM also managed to be even more cancerous with the entry level SX BB and crank being octalink EDIT: **Powerspline**. I know we had this conversation a few months ago surrounding Rocky's new Growler 40, but since then as there have been sooooooo many people riding these SX systems on various $1600-2400 (CAD) bikes, we've seen a ton of people grenade pretty damn new cranksets. Half of them expect warranty (which SRAM doesn't give a fuck about), and the other half are willing to upgrade so they can ride their bike... except everything is sold out. It's extremely hard to find threaded DUB or Hollowtech II BB's to get these folks rolling.
I'm not really sure what the solution is. We've started locktite-ing the crank fixing bolts when these bikes are getting built, but I think really people who ride hard need to be checking them every time they ride. Since it's always new riders taking these bikes out for a spin, that's not realistic.
Oh. What a rant that ended up being. Stupid SRAM.
July 6, 2020, 7:41 a.m. - Lu Kz
Although I have plenty of my own opinions (and setups) about the SRAMano drivetrain, I'm just stoked that a whole lot more of the OEM market is going to be taken by deore/slx rather than the cancer that is SX and to a lesser extent NX. I swear, they invented SX to capture the OEM market and then upsell GX derailleurs when the plastic body of the SX derailleur inevitably snaps along the fixing bolt. Furthermore, SRAM also managed to be even more cancerous with the entry level SX BB and crank being octalink EDIT: **Powerspline**. I know we had this conversation a few months ago surrounding Rocky's new Growler 40, but since then as there have been sooooooo many people riding these SX systems on various $1600-2400 (CAD) bikes, we've seen a ton of people grenade pretty damn new cranksets. Half of them expect warranty (which SRAM doesn't give a fuck about), and the other half are willing to upgrade so they can ride their bike... except everything is sold out. It's extremely hard to find threaded DUB or Hollowtech II BB's to get these folks rolling. I'm not really sure what the solution is. We've started locktite-ing the crank fixing bolts when these bikes are getting built, but I think really people who ride hard need to be checking them every time they ride. Since it's always new riders taking these bikes out for a spin, that's not realistic. Oh. What a rant that ended up being. Stupid SRAM.