The SRAM team certainly have been busy over the winter!
From the launch of their base mountain bike NX groupset, to their revamped Rockshox Reverb, they now bring you the new 12-speed XX1 and XO1 kit.
Did you find yourself rolling your eyes when Boost hubs and bikes were released? Us too. Too many ‘standards’ is never solved by the creation of another, but that is the industry we are part of. There was method in the madness though. Remove the spacer that no doubt came with your 11-speed cassette on your Boost hub and you will find exactly the right amount of room for a 12th cassette cog.
So, with that in mind, SRAM have launched their top-of-the-line XX1 and XO1 drivetrain in 12-speed ‘Eagle’.
On top of launching a 12-speed MTB group, and another super light carbon MTB crank, there is that cassette… 10-50t. What ever happened to making your legs stronger and your bike lighter? Will you ever find a situation where a 50t cassette is just right…?
We built the incredible new XX1 Eagle™ drivetrain to work quietly, intuitively, precisely and perfectly. Whether you’re an hour and twelve minutes into a World Cup XC or, just about to hit the top of Pearl Pass—XX1 Eagle™ is ready for that and every place in between. This cross-country-optimized drivetrain combines our newest generation of SRAM 1x™ drivetrain technological advancements with lightweight materials. With a greater gear range of 500-percent, XX1 Eagle™ gives you smoother, more precise shifts with greater durability for long lasting performance so you can spend more time in the gear you want. XX1 Eagle™ just rewrote the rules of freedom.
The X01 Eagle™ drivetrain signals an exciting new era of freedom and the next level of uncompromising performance for enduro racers and aggressive trail riders. Watching the world’s best racers use our parts to battle against nature, physics and time itself, has inspired us to supply them with the most advanced tools we can develop. X01 Eagle™ takes everything you love about our pioneering 1x drivetrains and increases its wear life, toughness, precision, smooth and silent operation. Add to that the 10- to 50-tooth, 12-speed, Eagle™ cassette, and you have a range of gears that gives you the freedom to enjoy the benefit of 1x in any terrain, any location and at any speed. X01 Eagle™ is drivetrain freedom—how you exploit it is up to you.