I’m looking to buy a new cross bike in the next few weeks, and I wondered what people’s experiences with rival 1x and apex 1x were. Essentially I’m between two specs on the same model, and wondered if people thought £300 was worth it for an upgrade to rival? The cassette is the same on each bike (…

New cross bike - rival 1x vs apex 1x

jfranci3 November 18, 2019, 10:38pm 11

There’s no brake difference at all.

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