In 2012, Sram introduced the XX1 groupset, and since then, the front derailleur has slowly but surely said goodbye to many high-quality mountain bikes. Now Sram wants to give the derailleur the coup de grace - the funeral speech went viral online in advance. With a cassette with 10-50 teeth: This offers an 80 percent greater range than the previous 11-42 sprocket ensemble. With the new Eagle drivetrain, Sram now achieves the range that Shimano manages with a 2x11 drivetrain with a 26/36 crank and 11-40 cassette.

Only moderately heavier, despite the enormous size of the cassette
Compared to Sram's 11-speed groupset, the twelfth gear on the Eagle ensembles adds surprisingly little weight. Although the cassette reaches almost epic proportions, the weights of the XX1-Eagle and the X01-Eagle are surprisingly slightly heavier compared to the existing XX1 at 50 grams and the existing X01 groupset at 80 grams. Sram puts the weight of the complete XX1-Eagle groupset at 1596 grams, while the X01-Eagle counterpart weighs around 50 grams more.

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