Re: why don't we have actual data on Sram axs drivetrain efficiency?
Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2024 9:05 pm
The TRP integration is intresting and matches what you said. I'm likley building a bike later this year or early next year. So I'll be curious to see how that and classified pans out.OtterSpace wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:12 pmThe the classified system is good for what it is. However, at a high level I currently would avoid it for road.
I mostly have worked at start up companies trying to get sold to a bigger fish and I would say as a complete outsider that classified are close to a sale if that is what they want. If you are positioning a company for a sale you want to make it look like you dont need the bigger fish and can go wide to up your evaluation. However, what really matters is the core technology which needs the big fish to really bring it to wide adoption with their larger pool of patents, resources, and established market base.
More specifically with 12s chains, cassettes, and chainrings became more of an ecosystem than before and tolerances increased due to fitting more in the same hub width. Also since STI levers launched the market wants integrated braking and shifting. These things together make aftermarket shifting parts kind of a bodge for performance 12s road. The same goes for aftermarket cassettes while they work they compromise shifting performance. Even the fast chains generally shift worse.
As a Shimano user the 10t thing is mostly a red herring. In general SRAM allows wider rear ratios with smaller front ratios which they default position for a super bailout gear by using smaller front rings. If you are worried about efficiency get bigger front rings and consider the 10t a dont spin out gear and all is good.
