Francis' Opinion On SRAM Red 10,000 Miles Later

[@aaronedgeart]

Love my Sram Red eTap... on my road and gravel bikes, first gen of both full groups. It lasts, works well. Stunned.

[@jonathanwithecombe557]

Dare I say I prefer Sram to Shimano for the batteries alone... being able to change a front mech battery to the rear when it runs out is a game changer!

[@s1lent51]

I completely agree, that and having shifters on each side

[@geothunder1971]

I like the modularity of Sram AXS parts that's a big plus for me, I however do not like their cranksets or bottom brackets and prefer Rotor for my cranksets.

[@user-nu5fx6en9h]

My Sram red even with weekly rainy ride still holding strong I ride around 200-300km per week

[@jonpoon3896]

Some people are finding the best combo is to use a SRAM mullet setup with road/Eagle. Then use Shimano crankset, chain and cassette, in order to get hyperglide

[@veganpotterthevegan]

Totally happy running my Red with all SRAM everything outside of a Shimano chain. I've been doing this from 10-12sp with 1x and 2x for every generation

[@pakelly99]

That’s more or less what primoz ran recently right?

[@quintennn]

Another big plus is that sram works on any bike. You don't need a higher end di2 compatible bike. I've got an aluminium disc bike and there's nothing about the frame that's not good enough for me. I'd love to try/have electronic gears one day, but I don't want to be forced to buy an expensive new frame for that. As long as my frame fits me and it doesn't break I don't see me replacing it. I will probably upgrade other stuff like wheels handlebars etc but frame fork and seatpost are solid. But it's not officially di2 compatible

[@Rich28448]

The anoying thing about the SRAM red crankset is the power meter is integrated with the chainring. Other than that SRAM AXS is great.

[@playmoreguitar5393]

If you dont understand why, its obviously not for you 🙄

[@adredy]

3min ?