Spent the morning fitting the new SRAM NX Eagle DUB Groupset and servicing the bike and managed a few miles this afternoon and have to say that it is one impressive groupset.
Fitting was very easy with just a few guides to watch and then getting on with it (does not come with any guides at all) and after a few adjustments for cable and spacers it seemed fine.
Coming from old style internal BB to the external cups of DUB was easy to install as I had been using HollowTech II on my downhill bike for years and the process did seem easier to me with these from SRAM. (You will need to purchase a different fitting tool due to this system not being compatible with the HollowTech II tool) I cheated and used a chain whip due to the correct tool coming a day later and the need to build and ride.
Shifting is a breeze with only a few minor tweaks needed to pull cable through correctly, using older, but decent quality cable outer, but might have been better to order new to match.
The shifter itself will suit those that have been using the range of Shimano that allow shifting down with the same thumb that does the down shifting. Would have been a bonus if you could have used finger + thumb, but for those used to thumb and only thumb this just becomes a straight swap from Shimano to SRAM.
On the old set up (Shimano) I was forever either in a gear that was too easy or a gear that was too hard, with no sweet spot (which included changes of cassette and cranks) but with the SRAM setup I found the perfect gears almost straight away, with this including strong headwinds and a very steep and long climb, followed by hard pack shingle and sand riding along the beach.
Have a slight jump in the 10 ring and suspect an adjustment will be needed to the reach screw.
One negative is the front ring + 10 rear is no way even close to low enough for me and at the time of riding I was thinking that a 36 tooth ring would be an improvement.
It has made a 5 year old bike feel like a brand new bike for just an outlay of a few hundred £'s
9/10
Fitting was very easy with just a few guides to watch and then getting on with it (does not come with any guides at all) and after a few adjustments for cable and spacers it seemed fine.
Coming from old style internal BB to the external cups of DUB was easy to install as I had been using HollowTech II on my downhill bike for years and the process did seem easier to me with these from SRAM. (You will need to purchase a different fitting tool due to this system not being compatible with the HollowTech II tool) I cheated and used a chain whip due to the correct tool coming a day later and the need to build and ride.
Shifting is a breeze with only a few minor tweaks needed to pull cable through correctly, using older, but decent quality cable outer, but might have been better to order new to match.
The shifter itself will suit those that have been using the range of Shimano that allow shifting down with the same thumb that does the down shifting. Would have been a bonus if you could have used finger + thumb, but for those used to thumb and only thumb this just becomes a straight swap from Shimano to SRAM.
On the old set up (Shimano) I was forever either in a gear that was too easy or a gear that was too hard, with no sweet spot (which included changes of cassette and cranks) but with the SRAM setup I found the perfect gears almost straight away, with this including strong headwinds and a very steep and long climb, followed by hard pack shingle and sand riding along the beach.
Have a slight jump in the 10 ring and suspect an adjustment will be needed to the reach screw.
One negative is the front ring + 10 rear is no way even close to low enough for me and at the time of riding I was thinking that a 36 tooth ring would be an improvement.
It has made a 5 year old bike feel like a brand new bike for just an outlay of a few hundred £'s
9/10
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