I didn't find warranty info at sram.com but I'd assume it's the same as all of their other products, which should be 2 years as that's the law in Europe. Spare part availability is another question entirely and I've put that question to SRAM for comment.
It's doubtful a GX version would only cost a few hundred dollars more than regular GX. Rather, you should think of it as costing a few hundred dollars less than XO1 AXS. Remember, we're just talking about the derailleur and controller. I doubt there's any money to be saved in the controller, other than perhaps eliminating the 'knuckle button' which was a request from Nino Schurter (and I hardly ever use) and all you could save in the derailleur would be based on lower-cost materials. The wireless elements are going to be the same or similar.
If it was ready, it would be released. By the time all that engineering and planning is invested, there's no holding back on products, at least in regular times. SRAM now has plenty of competition as all of a sudden Shimano's lower-tier 12-speed groups are getting plenty of spec. That's a bullet SRAM would gladly chamber.
Nov. 5, 2020, 10:47 a.m. - Pete Roggeman
I didn't find warranty info at sram.com but I'd assume it's the same as all of their other products, which should be 2 years as that's the law in Europe. Spare part availability is another question entirely and I've put that question to SRAM for comment. It's doubtful a GX version would only cost a few hundred dollars more than regular GX. Rather, you should think of it as costing a few hundred dollars less than XO1 AXS. Remember, we're just talking about the derailleur and controller. I doubt there's any money to be saved in the controller, other than perhaps eliminating the 'knuckle button' which was a request from Nino Schurter (and I hardly ever use) and all you could save in the derailleur would be based on lower-cost materials. The wireless elements are going to be the same or similar. If it was ready, it would be released. By the time all that engineering and planning is invested, there's no holding back on products, at least in regular times. SRAM now has plenty of competition as all of a sudden Shimano's lower-tier 12-speed groups are getting plenty of spec. That's a bullet SRAM would gladly chamber.