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First Rides: SRAM Pressure AXS & XPLOR teams get all the best refinements

The new SRAM Pressure AXS group sits someplace between evolutionary and revolutionary, delivering premium efficiency at an agreeable value level. By taking the most effective options of Purple and Rival and giving it a elegant (and sparkly!) end, they gave their 2nd tier group new life on street and gravel. I rode each the usual […]

Fingers-on with the brand new SRAM Drive AXS groupset – actual weights vs Shimano Ultegra

Like the unique, the brand new 2023 SRAM Drive AXS is a 12-speed wi-fi street bike groupset. Actually, modifications from the previous-generation groupset have been small, and largely to the shifters, the 2x crankset and the entrance derailleur. The excellent news is the value hasn’t modified. SRAM has despatched us a whole groupset to check, […]

SRAM’s second-generation Power AXS digital groupset takes cues from Rival and refines entrance derailleur

The brand new SRAM Power eTap AXS groupset sees updates to the shifters, cranksets and entrance derailleur, alongside new shiny graphics. There’s a change to naming conventions, with SRAM dropping eTap from the groupset’s title – so, henceforth, it’s simply SRAM Power AXS. SRAM has made minimal or no modifications to lots of the different […]

New SRAM Drive AXS & XPLR Teams Up to date, Now Even Extra Wi-fi!

At first look, the “new” Drive AXS group appears to be like like a shiny, fully new group. Recent graphics with subtle-yet-shiny paint catches the attention, and the one-piece chainrings and slimmer brake hoods give it a sharper, higher-end look. Each are enormous enhancements to the group. Hiding beneath the hood, although, are an enormous […]

2023 SRAM Power AXS & XPLR teams up to date with lighter, higher tech

At first look, the “new” Power AXS group seems to be like a shiny, utterly new group. Recent graphics with subtle-yet-shiny paint catches the attention, and the one-piece chainrings and slimmer brake hoods give it a sharper, higher-end look. Each are big enhancements to the group. Hiding below the hood, although, are an enormous assortment […]