I'm hovering dangerously over the buy button on one of the Vitus Rapide FS CRX. I've never used AXS before and wondered what long term durability and weather/wash resistance of the system is like?
All my AXS stuff (1x road shifters, 4x MTB mechs and 3x MTB shifters, plus 3 reverbs) has been faultless. Just works, every time.
Started with xx1 as that was all that was available, but now very happy with GX, same functionality, just a bag of crisps heavier.
Coming up for 5 years use now, in all weathers, inc winter commuting.
I've had the original AXS on a couple of MTB's along with AXS and the original 11 speed etap on a couple of road bikes. It's all been absolutely faultless.
My curent MTB's both run GX T-Type and again, they've been faultless so far.
Ive had AXS on three bikes for a couple of years now with zero issues
Not tried T type yet as the cassette prices are still a little off putting, think GX T type cassette is around £200
Had a gx axs derailleur (not t type) for about 3 years now, until very recently it's been bulletproof, but recently I've had a few issues and a Google suggests they're common.
1. The little spring loaded pins that the battery pushes against to make an electrical connection fail eventually and lead to the derailuer appearing dead/intermittently dead, I had to solder new pins onto the circuit board.
2. The shifting went to pot, it turns out that in each of the pivots on the parallelogram there are little plastic bushes, eventually these wear away and/or crumble leading to a huge amount of play in the derailuer. There is a firm (leap components) that sells a little rebuilt kit consisting of new bushes for about 20 quid.
Don't know if these are issues in the t type as well or whether sram have addressed these.
My mech had covered 2 or 3 thousand off road miles in all weathers before these recent issues.
Thanks all, sounds generally positive and repairable in the case of issues.
One step closer to the buy button.
I’ve warrantied an X0 T-Type mech for the pin issue & had various mech batteries crap themselves over time. I know a few people who have also had the same pin issue on older mechs, which looks to be the same design on the new ones, so expect it will be a weak point still.
I prefer the T-Type stuff to the old AXS, as the weight of the mech meant it was never a ‘quiet’ bike & the clutches are typically SRAM, so basically useless after 6 months. The new ones are silent, with no chain slap, or the mech slapping about all over the place.
Still prefer the (updated) older shifter over the new Pod, although the shifting is a lot more defined with the new one. It’s just not very ergonomic. Set up is super easy & no adjustments other than trim, makes it work, all the time.
You need a special cassette for AXS?
You need a special cassette for AXS?
Only for T-type, not the older stuff.
Only for T-type, not the older stuff
No you don’t, you can run T-Type with old Eagle stuff, or even Shimano 12spd cassettes.
The only compatibility issue is flat top chains on on chainrings - it seems to need the new tooth profile not to feel ropey.
But the new style chainrings are backwards compatible with normal 12spd chains weirdly.
