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SRAM’s new Purple XPLR AXS groupset: Extra gears, light-weight, bombproof, best-in-class braking, however how does it trip?


In recent times, Unbound has turn out to be the world’s greatest and most prestigious gravel race. Together with launching rider careers, it has additionally turn out to be a testing and proving floor for the newest cutting-edge gravel tech. For the eagle-eyed amongst us, there is a good probability you might spot one thing new or unreleased. At this 12 months’s occasion, I acquired fortunate early on when, on a shake-out trip, I noticed one thing new aboard the bikes of professional riders Haley Smith, Keegan Swenson and Russel Finsterwald, amongst others.

What at first look regarded like a SRAM mullet construct, which incorporates a 12-speed mountain bike transmission rear derailleur, was, in truth, a brand new gravel drivetrain altogether. A more in-depth have a look at the UDH-mounted derailleur, the variety of rings on the cassette, and the tooth on the largest cog confirmed it: this was the unreleased 13-speed SRAM Purple XPLR AXS we would heard rumours about.



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