I was really hoping we’d be surprised and get 1×13 — it feels a little underwhelming compared to SRAMs announcement yesterday. For a 1x setup, why would I choose this over SRAMs 13 speed?
MineElectricity on
Still no short cranks I guess..
Aromatic-Foundation on
Seriously, what’s the point? Lol
On SRAM you can choose 10-44, 10-46 and 10-52 for wireless rear derailleurs.
And then there’s Shimano, releasing two wireless rear derailleurs with the same cassette size. What’s the point? Why not make the grx Di2 support the 10-45 so you can just use the xtr Di2 if you want the bigger cassette. Maybe price, but that tech could have trickled down to cheaper groups already, if they didn’t wait so long.
Mammoth_Nugget on
Just ordered my 2x grx 825 di2 last week ! I’m curious to see how different it will be from XTR, but I’ll be happy with the 2x anyways.
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So in a hierarchy seems like grx would be comparable to ultegra while xtr would be a dura ace as far as gravel riding?
Based off of derailleur being ~40 grams lighter and info being released first
h2tcrz1s on
Would like impact protection to come to manual mechanical
Valuable_Bell1617 on
Believe you can also pair the mid size XT RD with the 9-45 cassette with the grx shifter if I read the prev XT release correctly. Also love that I don’t need a whole new fricking bike frame like you do with SRAM’s new 13sp as they require UDH. Not everyone wants to buy a new frame every other year.
FuzzyPedal on
No 165 cranks, no power meter. Would have to use three different solutions to get gears, power, and cranks. Shimano, what are we doing here?
Hanantes on
hella underwhelming. specially with Sram’s drop yesterday
Bud_Johnson on
Will shimano be making 160mm cranks available?
MrSaltyBacon on
I find it somewhat odd that they dont have a GS option for the 9-45 which I thought would be very popular for gravel
HG1998 on
I quite literally just bought and installed a new Optislick cable for my RD-RX400 which I only bought because I realized that the Jagwire Pro kit I bought entailed removing the Supacaz tape I also bought a week ago.
Guess that’s going back after all.
vantablack90 on
hm Shimano … the Deraileurs look so unsexy and bulky and cheap? … you can do that better
reforger88 on
What price point do these usually show up on?
Sacberr on
Will the new 1×12 setup with a 11-51 cassette be compatible with larger (>42T) off-brand chain rings?
LimeSpecialist on
Go with SRAM!
GFoxtrot on
Firstly any idea of cost and is there an upgrade kit?
Would like ideally to continue to run my existing 10-45 setup as I don’t need the lower gearing on my terrain.
mnpikey on
Can I run this and still use a mechanical dropper?
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Just after SRAM release…
Better go hide bro
[Wireless XT](https://youtu.be/G_g0fjlZJpQ?si=ravHzIyBW-aiNFXO) also just dropped. Seems like the GRX and XT derailleurs are identical?
I was really hoping we’d be surprised and get 1×13 — it feels a little underwhelming compared to SRAMs announcement yesterday. For a 1x setup, why would I choose this over SRAMs 13 speed?
Still no short cranks I guess..
Seriously, what’s the point? Lol
On SRAM you can choose 10-44, 10-46 and 10-52 for wireless rear derailleurs.
And then there’s Shimano, releasing two wireless rear derailleurs with the same cassette size. What’s the point? Why not make the grx Di2 support the 10-45 so you can just use the xtr Di2 if you want the bigger cassette. Maybe price, but that tech could have trickled down to cheaper groups already, if they didn’t wait so long.
Just ordered my 2x grx 825 di2 last week ! I’m curious to see how different it will be from XTR, but I’ll be happy with the 2x anyways.
So in a hierarchy seems like grx would be comparable to ultegra while xtr would be a dura ace as far as gravel riding?
Based off of derailleur being ~40 grams lighter and info being released first
Would like impact protection to come to manual mechanical
Believe you can also pair the mid size XT RD with the 9-45 cassette with the grx shifter if I read the prev XT release correctly. Also love that I don’t need a whole new fricking bike frame like you do with SRAM’s new 13sp as they require UDH. Not everyone wants to buy a new frame every other year.
No 165 cranks, no power meter. Would have to use three different solutions to get gears, power, and cranks. Shimano, what are we doing here?
hella underwhelming. specially with Sram’s drop yesterday
Will shimano be making 160mm cranks available?
I find it somewhat odd that they dont have a GS option for the 9-45 which I thought would be very popular for gravel
I quite literally just bought and installed a new Optislick cable for my RD-RX400 which I only bought because I realized that the Jagwire Pro kit I bought entailed removing the Supacaz tape I also bought a week ago.
Guess that’s going back after all.
hm Shimano … the Deraileurs look so unsexy and bulky and cheap? … you can do that better
What price point do these usually show up on?
Will the new 1×12 setup with a 11-51 cassette be compatible with larger (>42T) off-brand chain rings?
Go with SRAM!
Firstly any idea of cost and is there an upgrade kit?
Would like ideally to continue to run my existing 10-45 setup as I don’t need the lower gearing on my terrain.
Can I run this and still use a mechanical dropper?