PSA - GX AXS Upgrade

The price for the gx axs upgrade kit is 315 euros. You need to sign in to r2bike with a uk account and you will see a price that is 0% vat.
I’m not sure why you’re doubting me, I can see how much money has been taken out of my own account.

sorry i missed this! great jeez that is pretty cheap! did you use dhl or ups? i assume you just get a email or call to say to pay it? how exactly does that side of it work?

I used UPS. I received an email from them this morning saying I had taxes to pay. It provided a link to pay by card, I’ve paid and tracking says it due to be delivered tomorrow.

jeez calm down dude - im just asking a question - ive logged into my account but its coming in a 357 euros before shipping not 315 euros

im in the uk and logged in, yours must have been at a lower price when you ordered it, no biggy just going off the screen in front of me

Edit - sorry the price has went up! Just checked the OP link and see it’s now 357 euros. It was 315 euros when I ordered!

thats cool then its still cheaper but got to factor in a further £50 ish quid fees no problem no so much a bargain now but definitely a good price still for uk folk

Yeah price has gone up , I paid 315 euros + 9.50 shipping with DHL through parcelforce.

I had to pay £70 import and received mine the other day.

Cheers OP, cheapest ive seen it.

It always has worked like this for me
Price shows 357 but leave the page open for all of a minute tops and it alters to 315 euros

That shows you how many times I've almost bought it lol

Not quite as cheap but we set up a little trailhead store at Hamsterley and as part of our easter specials GX AXS is only £408. Collect only from the trailhead I'm afraid though (The store runs a separate P&L as it's profit sharing to support the trail builders and it doesn't ship stuff out). Anyone with FOMO can click and collect though.

https://www.hamsterley.bike/shop/easter-specials/89?page=1&limit=60&sort_by=category_order&sort_order=asc

Big-Bud
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It always has worked like this for me
Price shows 357 but leave the page open for all of a minute tops and it alters to 315 euros

hmmmm tried that too doesn't do anything for me i've tried on various web browsers but still just stays at 357 euros

If you already have a charger, you can put the items in individually:
mech
shifter
battery
and it's 320 euro...

Or you can buy chargers/batteries off ebay..

DrP

good shout drp - i dont have a battery but still cheaper if i can find a cheap battery/charger on ebay or similar

Dual charger

This looks pretty good for the money... can pop a batteriny in there and have it as a protable charger too!

DrP

@benpinnick

Don't suppose you have 165mm or 170mm Hope cranks?

@teethgrinder, sorry no. The Hope stuff is parts we have left over from the factory that we're sending to the RH store - its a bit patchy therefore.

No worries. The 175mm ones are the cheapest I've seen, but they're too long 🙁

Mis order I think 😉 They've been at the factory for ages as we don't sell 175s

@crossed

The longer Reverb AXS is now swapped out and fits The 125mm one will going up for sale at £475

Let me know if are interested

Thanks for that @tracey but I'll give it a miss.
I've found a 31.6mm 150mm drop post in stock so I'm going to go with that instead.

Ok no problems

@Tracey Sorry for the slight hijack but, what diameter is your AXS Reverb please?

If it is 30.9, fancy a straight swap for an 3 ride old XO1 AXS upgrade kit? 🤣

@twonks

Yes it's a 2022 30.9 x 125mm.

If there is no damage to the rear mech derailleur then I'm up for it.

Do you have any photos of it

I've pmd you

I DO love STW sometimes!!!
I wish I could arrange A HUGE STW "love in ride"! I'd say 99.9% of the people ehre are jsut wanting to help others out!!!

DrP

Hi Doc. Unfortunately I made a boo boo. Could have sworn the std Reverb on my hardtail was 120 but no, it’s 150, so the swap is off unless I can magic an extra 25mm from somewhere.

Dammit, I love axs reverbs.

Meh.... still.... we're all beasties eh!

Did you see...I DID get a 170mm axs dropper! 😁😁

My stumpy is TOOO bling now!

DrP

Ok it's no problem. I could have made do with the 125 for the UK. Only swapped out for the Alps trips and the fact I could get a 170mm in.

I'm having a bit of a mare at the moment with my bling, as I've realised the only bit I really appreciate is the 170mm AXS reverb on the FS (Ripmo)

Apologies to Tracey as I genuinely thought I had 150mm on the FS and 120 on the HT and got excited for a minute there. Now I've measured both, 125mm will be too much of a compromise for the relative money I'd then have tied up in it.

Struggling to get on with the AXS gearing - as good as it is - and don't really need a double sided power meter either.

Getting home to stats about gearing, pedalling efficiency, power used in what gear ratio for what time period etc etc is all interesting but way ott for what I actually need - which is simply to get out and have fun riding - I can use the indoor bike for stats galore.

Don't really need a fully rigid carbon mtb either. Think a slap of reality is needed.
If I'm truly honest, what I really need to do is sell some shit, stop eating pies and just ride more.

/topicswerveoff

If anyone's looking for an AXS Reverb they're discounted at Pro Bike Kit and they've got stock.

https://www.probikekit.co.uk/bicycle-saddles-seatposts/rockshox-reverb-axs-dropper-seatpost/12750035.html

The discount code VCUKSS gives you another £25 off and if you use Top Cash Back that bags you another £15 or so.
They still aren't cheap but I've not seen them cheaper in a very long time.

The above trick should work on the groupset with ProBikeKit also

https://www.probikekit.co.uk/cycling-groupsets/sram-gx-eagle-axs-upgrade-kit/12953541.html

Code expired on the 17th April.

Use code JN21DSN01 and it will take it down to £419

Can anyone find a Reverb AXS in 170 31.6mm flavour? My reverb stealth (200) has borked itself.

Unlikely to be any in shops until July at least.

Yeah that’s what I’m finding. Bike discount is saying in a few weeks.

Can I ask; did everyone receive their kits, are they just 20% more on delivery? And how are they performing, all good?

Also, these are back down to 330 euros, only about 15 euros than before.

I think you need to allow for about £70 extra in fees/import duty.

I've bought the seperate controller / mech / battery from R2 yesterday among some other bits.

But ive split them out in sperate shipping/orders as I've found that the orders below £135 get through customs with no additional charge when shipped DHL/parcel farce and those over always have fees to pay. The ups shipping also always have fees no matter the value.

monkeyboyjc - I just did the maths on that using the R2 basket - additional DHL delivery for more items plus UK VAT only on the mech = £70 give or take, so not really any difference, what am I missing?

I have had a bit of trouble with mine. but probably all user error?

first ride out the mech and shifter became unpaired... didnt twig it had become unpaired - assumed battery had gone so limped home. guess i will learn from that one...

another ride the battery did go! again obviously didnt charge it sufficiently but it was fully charged according to the charger and id ridden nowhere near the number of hours its suggests you can on a full battery - limped home... pissed me off that app doesnt warn you!?

and another ride it completely forgot its indexing and crunched and clunked its way round the lakes, fannied round with the settings but it killed my vibe enough to make me sack it off and limp home... stripped it, cleaned it, reset and reinstalled it and it was back to normal.

also lost the battery cage within 3 rides.

Apart from that, i do really like it!! hopefully those were just teething problems...

You don't get charged the handling fee or duty.... Everytime I've ordered under the £135 limit it turns up at my house after being cleared by customs with no charges. So if your ordering stuff around £100-135 margin it works out cheaper to pay the additional €7.50 postage than getting charged a parcel force handling fee....

Parcels over £135 automatically get the vat put back on anyway, Then the handling fee and duty.

You don’t get charged the handling fee or duty…. Everytime I’ve ordered under the £135 limit it turns up at my house after being cleared by customs with no charges. So if your ordering stuff around £100-135 margin it works out cheaper to pay the additional €7.50 postage than getting charged a parcel force handling fee….

Parcels over £135 automatically get the vat put back on anyway, Then the handling fee and duty.

Just working this out, it comes to exactly the same price either way, unless I'm doing it wrong?

Separately:

£210 for the mech (£170 plus 20% + fees)
£115 for the battery & controller
£35 for the charger

Comes to £360

Together:

£298 + 20% + fees = £365

Aha - it was the handling fee I'd missed. But its 1 x handling fit for the kit, but 1 x handling fee - for the mech only - if ordered separatly anyway. Yet with DHL as the higher of 2.5% or £11 I'm still not seeing the difference, I think the separate order plus 4 x postage fees add up to the difference.

Separately in Euros its:

-e350 total
- 4 x e7.50 delivery
- £32.20 vat for the mech
- £11 Handling fee
Total - £368.85

Or the kit is e331, + 7.50 + £56.6vat +£11 handling fee = £357.68

Happy for anyone to correct my maths!

got me tempted again - but as above can see no benefit of doing them all seperately, would be worth it if they had free postage but accounting for the 4 lots of postage its pointless

still very very very tempting

Ok so.... Turns out I think I've not paid the vat on orders below 135 ?

I bought....

A set of MT5 on one order - was charged €133.55 Inc shipping

AXS controller €99.94 inc shipping

AXS mech and a bunch of other bits for €267.25

If I'd added all the items in the basket I was being charged the same amounts (but only one shipping fee)

The only one I'm 100% sure will be charged for duty and handling at customs will be the mech as that is over the €135.

I've had prob 5 parcels of smaller less value items from r2 this year with no additional fees. And one larger value item (a fork) that was charged so I'm taking a punt on multiple packages rather than one high value.

If it works out the same cost 🤷‍♂️

ProBikeKit have dropped the price to £429 on the full AXS Upgrade kit

Axs Upgrade Kit

Ok so…. Turns out I think I’ve not paid the vat on orders below 135 ?

Thats correct, under £135 and you don't pay import vat.

Thats correct, under £135 and you don’t pay import vat.

But it should be charged by the retailer...

Thats correct, under £135 and you don’t pay import vat.

You still pay vat, you just pay it to the retailer for HMRC to then go after them for it. (I.e it’s included in the price) That’s why loads of places had a minimum order of £135 at the beginning of this mess, they weren’t set up for the scheme. Some still aren’t, so don’t ship here.

still very very very tempting

Me too, but mines for race as well and the post above makes me nervous, I don’t want it crapping out on me mid race. But, it replaces a worn cable and outer and a bashed up 4yo GX so having the mechanical replacement price differential only to worry about makes it a contender

Get another £25 off the ProBikeKit deal if you use: MVCSS in the discount code box (makes it £404.99)

Hi all looking at R2 option for complete set can anyone advise if additional charges are 4% + 20% vat or shall I expect to pay more. Thanks

Its plus 20% vat, choose DHL then its also plus £11 or £2.5% handling whichever is the greater.

Total cost Inc DHL/parcel force shipping £291

+20% vat (£60approx)

+duty (should be about £5)

+£12 handling fee

So £368 approx.

If you choose ups shipping I'm not sure what the handling fee is but you get the item quicker as you can prepay the import duty and vat before it leaves Germany. I recently had to wait a week for the letter parcel force send out with a duty payment reference.

So the first two of my three R2 orders are being delivered today. I think these are the two valued under £135. I'm waiting on the third larger order which includes the mech which I'm sure will have charges applied.

Its plus 20% vat, choose DHL then its also plus £11 or £2.5% handling whichever is the greater.

So is there any difference between DHL and UPS on fees other than that shipping is charged at €7.50 DHL vs €12.50 UPS?

There shouldn't be any difference in charges- unless ups charges more for admin?

But ups can be far quicker than the DHL option as it swaps to parcel force in the UK and they send out a customs letter so you can pay the charges. I've waited 3weeks for the letter to arrive before. With ups you can pay the customs charges whilst the parcel is in Germany - I've had 3days door to door with them before.

Fitted and one ride in. Just to say - I love it. After 2 years on 12s with the shifting/mesh varying between "just a shade out and I can't quite fathom why" to "dog's dinner", I have now finally got a bike with a faultless feeling drivetrain. Admittedly, it's not just the mech, I've changed other stuff too.

Personally I'm cool with the default shifter and which button does what. I like how it's a bit of a thumb rest with up for up gears and down for down.

I'm still undecided on the button, I have my levers quite flat and as there's no adjustment on the Hope MMX adapter, I end up pressing on the 'point' of the upper paddle to shift.

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Off out for a ride now so will give it some more time before I change to the new rocker paddle.

Arrived yesterday, fitted this afternoon 😁. I do feel rather decadent having AXS on both my MTBs but what the hell ! 🤪

Nearly 4 hours and 321 shifts later (the AXS desktop app is sooo nerdy!) - I think I'm happy with the standard rocker, only had a couple of wrong way shifts.

Re. With the hope mount

The upgraded paddle is better imo. I also 3d printed a new adaptor with more angle, but couldn't get it stiff enough compeared to aluminium. Got used to the original now.

3d printed mount

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Nearly 4 hours and 321 shifts later

I need this kind of data in my life.

Heads off to wrestle with apps for Garmin watch, SRAM....

Quick question about the GX AXS kit...

Does it play nicely with Shimano 12 speed MTB cassettes?

I'm looking at using AXS with an XT 10-45 cassette but don't want to buy stuff if it's not compatible.

Does it play nicely with Shimano 12 speed MTB cassettes?

Mine is on a Garbaruk 10-52 cassette which is Microspline so I think shimano spacing, and it replaced a shimano mech. It works perfectly on that.

Perfect, thanks for that.

Does it play nicely with Shimano 12 speed MTB cassettes?

I use mine on 12s SLX 10-51, it’s perfect.

Arrow Cycles in Lincoln have the upgrade kit for £399

https://www.arrowcycles.co.uk/components/gears-drivetrain/sram-gx-eagle-axs-upgrade-kit__12826?fbclid=IwAR17ykyUfN0fifs541iPp13X4TmgOocZBNKPL_f58m5mrgtFDWfSris3KmQ

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Quick question about the GX AXS kit…

Does it play nicely with Shimano 12 speed MTB cassettes?

There's a whole article in Bike magazine on how great AXS is with Shimano cassette and chain.

https://www.bikemag.com/gear/components/drivetrain/a-mismatch-made-in-heaven-xtr-axs/