Not that supply of SRAM Rival eTap AXS XPLR is readily available at the moment but is it worth upgrading to axs xplr from a 1x rival 11speed setup I currently have on my gravel bike? Both the wireless shifting and 12 speed are appealing.

Well at least for now I’ve gone another direction as Zwift had the Kickr bike on a big sale that I just couldn’t pass up.

Late to the party here but I’d just thought I’d add to the conversation. I’ve just built up a Mason Bokeh as a double duty gravel and audax bike and put Rival XPLR on it. The crankset is a Rotor, 42t, but otherwise it’s as stock. Some notes: basically it’s great. The shifting is (as expected) rea…

It’s funny I had 2 riding friends today have electronic shifting trouble. One seemed user error. He said his battery had 50% last weekend. He showed up to ride this morning and completely dead. So he couldn’t ride. Who knows what happened. The other rider had shimano grx di2 but the front derailleu…

[image] TooManyDogs: It’s funny I had 2 riding friends today have electronic shifting trouble. One seemed user error. He said his battery had 50% last weekend. Nothing is error free. A team mate of mine had charged his Di2 battery before a race and when he arrived at the venue, it was empty. …

[image] TooManyDogs: It’s funny I had 2 riding friends today have electronic shifting trouble. One seemed user error. He said his battery had 50% last weekend. He showed up to ride this morning and completely dead. So he couldn’t ride… I check the battery status before every ride. I missed t…

[image] kervelo: Stopped the bike, reached for the spare battery from my jersey pocket and replaced it. So easy with AXS Unfortunately for this guy this was a new bike and he was waiting on a spare battery. I wasn’t clear what happened with the existing battery. He obviously thought it was ch…

Yeah, but I think it is quite normal for any battery-powered device that you should charge it first before using it. Still, it sucks: you have the new shiny toy you want to play with, and you need to wait. Fortunately, SRAM batteries charge very quickly (<= 1 hour, never timed it, but feels super qu…

[image] OreoCookie: Rotor makes a 10-39 13-speed cassette that is exactly what I’d ideally want on a road bike What chainring size? For 1x road I really won’t be happy with anything easier than 44x10 top end, and I want a 1:1 climbing gear. So for me the 10-44 cassette is ideal (although I ha…

[image] jwellford: What chainring size? For 1x road I really won’t be happy with anything easier than 44x10 top end, and I want a 1:1 climbing gear. I have a 42-tooth chainring coupled to a 10–36 cassette. I have a Force WIDE rear derailleur, which officially is not compatible with the 10–44 …

Yeah “flat” is all relative. I guess I should say I want 1:1 climbing gear for mountainous areas and 10-39 would be good for hilly terrain. True flats, I could almost be happy with single speed!

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With eTap AXS Explorer what cassette are you all using on the trainer? I have a Kickr Core and I’d like to start using my gravel bike on it. It’s currently set up for my MTB Eagle AXS.

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