crossing our fingers here that your bike shows up in a timely manner!

and? can you say something about sram rival? ive ordered canyon endurace too with sram rival axs and it ll be my first electronic Group too. are you enjoing electronicshifting?

I’m loving it! I ended up getting a Scott Addict with SRAM Rival, since a local bike store had it in stock sooner than the Canyon would arrive. The electronic shifting is fantastic, you will never want to go back to mechanical. So quick an reliable. One feature I didn’t even know I would love so much is linking it up to my Wahoo computer and having it display what gear I’m in. One downside is that the groupset is a bit on the heavy side - but I’m not too worried about a few hundred grams. I did have some issues with the disc brakes at first. One of the pistons was sticking and not extending properly - which led to frequent alignment and noise issues. Very annoying and took me a while to figure out, but have fixed it now and I’m enjoying the disc brakes a lot more. Last thing I’ll say is that the 12 speed cassette is fantastic. The Scott Addict especially is set up with a super relaxed gear ratio for climbing, and I use the lowest gear all the time. It’s great for when you want to stick to low intensity training, or when you need to make it up that last climb of the day. It is pretty easy to max out on descents, but honestly it’s probably better not to descend too fast anyway unless you’re in a pro race. I think more riders would probably get more enjoyment out of endurance bikes due to relaxed geometry and gear ratio.

@@stevenqirkle wow thank you for your opinion. im waiting for my canyon with rival axs and cant wait when im reading your opinion!! thx u

yeah SRAM aren't the only one struggling with supply right now! hope your shifters arrive soon

lots of alloy bikes have carbon seatposts, it's generally not an issue

Hmmm…not sure that reply was for me but nice to hear from you guys anyway 👍😊

The problem is affordability. Campagnolo don't really do the lower end stuff well, SRAM have Apex but it's old. Shimano going Di2 only on Ultegra and DA does make one wonder if they're going to drop in a gruppo between 105 and Ultegra...new 600EX?

You can get a Rival XPLR rear mech which will cope with the new 10-44 cassette for gravel. Would need to run it 1 X though.

you and us both!

Been using force axs 2x hydraulic for last 2 years and works flawlessly. Had derailleur battery go low but never ran out. Recommended charging them every 5/6 weeks. I had battery life anxiety when first using it but that quickly went. Shifter batteries last roughly 18 months.

@@nemeanf27 thanks for your feedback 👍 do you have any other considerations about the other questions I've asked? 🙂

What else would you like to know about SRAM axs ?

@@nemeanf27 In your opinion, it will make such a big difference buying the version with the spider power meter versus purchasing the one with power meter left crank arm - I have a little imbalance between L and R Leg (the left produces a little bit more watts ~4-6W)

Spider based power meters generally are more accurate than a single sided crank arm one. Majority of people have one leg stronger than the other so just measuring power by one leg and multiplying by 2 won't give better accuracy compared to a spider based one.

Total system weight for Rival AXS is ~3,150g, and Force is ~2,950g

@@roadcc That's a nobrainer on the pricepoint.........

it's not standard spec, just what our review bike came with

I have the 2022 Vitus Vitesse Evo Cr.. with this groupset... it also has a Red Cassette which surprised me!

technically it's SRAM RIVAL ETAP AXS, but there isn't a SRAM RIVAL AXS to get it confused with that isn't ETAP, so you should be good

it's not a top-end groupset either, though

Price it against R8000 Di2 or Force with no power meter and you'll see it is indeed pretty "budget."

“Budget” is a relative term, much in the same way that a Porsche is a budget sports car when compared to a Ferrari or McLaren! I’ll admit it is hard to swallow but then I’m old enough to remember buying a proper, Tour de France level racing bike for $1500 back in the 80s. ;)

It is! The owner of my LBS uses it.

@@koreydeese890 a wireless rim brake Rival is not on the Sram website and multiple reviews say it's a disk only AXS groupset. Is it possible that you LBS has a Force or Red set of levers & calipers with the Rival AXS front / rear mech / cranks? That combination would work.

Surely rim brakes are a downgrade?

@@matthewlewis2072 Not if you currently have them and are happy with your frame!

@@MrJwmurph yes I agree but braking performance is so much better on disc bikes, but I feel you I had a hard time saying goodbye to my Willier rim brake bike.

they'd probably take that, to be honest

AXS is designed with ratios that allow you to stay in the big ring more, because front changes are less efficient. also, the pros love big/big :-)

You might want to read: road.cc/content/feature/cross-chaining-it-really-all-bad-213468 "we would encourage your readers to ride big-big if they like, as long as they don’t experience chain rasp on the front derailleur cage. SRAM drivetrains, specifically the Yaw front derailleurs, are designed to accommodate this. "

@@roadcc Lol, well pardon me for not taking Sram engineering advice seriously. Shimano engineers would rather commit seppukku than give false advice.