Sram Mountain Bike Drivetrain Hierarchy
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Sram mountain bike drivetrain hierarchy. Your complete guide to shimano mountain bike drivetrains tourney altus acera alivio deore slx xt xtr 12 speed. Shimano s mountain bike groupsets go all the way from the kind of kit you d find on entry level off road and hybrid bikes up to specialist set ups for extreme downhill racing. It s inspired by the company s more race ready offerings and delivers smooth and precise shifting to take your off road riding to the next level. Your browser does not support all of our website s functionality.
A road bike s groupset or gruppo refers to any mechanical or electronic parts that are involved in braking changing gear or the running of the drivetrain. The sram road hierarchy is relatively simple compared to its expansive and confusingly labelled mtb echelons. Apex is its entry level system followed by the mid range rival and topped by the performance level force and pro standard red. We ride our bikes to work and around town.
Sram s groupsets are not as clearly defined as shimano s and so mixing and matching of components is typical at the. Gx eagle is the first 12 speed drivetrain in sram s range with the xd driver tech. Shop shimano components acera catalogue number m390 shimano does produce cheaper non series general purpose components but acera is its entry level. For an improved shopping experience we recommend that you use the most recent versions of google.
Here we look at each series and explain what they can do. Sram has multiple mountain bike groupsets available and in many ways is the more progressive company in the mountain bike sector with having first introduced 2x and then 1x drivetrains to the mainstream mountain bike world. Sram has multiple mountain bike groupsets available and in many ways is the more progressive company in the mountain bike sector with having first introduced 2x and then 1x drivetrains to the mainstream mountain bike world. We ll start cheap with sx and nx and work our way up to the new axs electronic drivetrain.
We ride our bikes in the peloton on the trails and down the mountains. An entry level model in sram s drivetrain selection x5 is by no means one to ignore. Sram s groupsets are not as clearly defined as shimano s and so mixing and matching of components is typically found. There are just four main subdivisions.