I’ve wrenched on enough SX-equipped bikes that I feel confident saying than anyone spec-ing it has either never ridden it/wrenches on it or has a serious dislike/disregard/contempt for their customers. It’s garbage. I’d never recommend buying a bike equipped with it.
NX actually works very well, it’s just overpriced compared to Deore 11/12 and especially compared to MicroSpline. If SRAM killed SX and brought the price of NX down to Deore level it would be a proper budget contender. Both shift nicer than MicroSpline it’s just very solid for the money.
There are some decent external BB cranksets less expensive that DUB SX. Throw some sintered pads in the Tektro brakes and they do okay. X-Fusion shock is fine.
I think there’s something to be said for the (high) quality of Specialized’s aluminum frames. They do really nice work. As a package though you are paying a bit more for a bike or accepting a bit lower spec compared to a bike like my Rift Zone. Far less fancy and featured frame yes, but tons of fun all the same.
July 19, 2022, 12:04 a.m. - Andrew Major
I’ve wrenched on enough SX-equipped bikes that I feel confident saying than anyone spec-ing it has either never ridden it/wrenches on it or has a serious dislike/disregard/contempt for their customers. It’s garbage. I’d never recommend buying a bike equipped with it. NX actually works very well, it’s just overpriced compared to Deore 11/12 and especially compared to MicroSpline. If SRAM killed SX and brought the price of NX down to Deore level it would be a proper budget contender. Both shift nicer than MicroSpline it’s just very solid for the money. There are some decent external BB cranksets less expensive that DUB SX. Throw some sintered pads in the Tektro brakes and they do okay. X-Fusion shock is fine. I think there’s something to be said for the (high) quality of Specialized’s aluminum frames. They do really nice work. As a package though you are paying a bit more for a bike or accepting a bit lower spec compared to a bike like my Rift Zone. Far less fancy and featured frame yes, but tons of fun all the same.