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I simply remember Santa Cruz doing so to we are one a few years back. Hard to compete for eyeballs with Danny mac launching a product. Guess my inner conspiracy theorist got the better of me here 😂 In reality it’s likely all these releases correspond with the big cycling convention going on right now.

Lol no, that embargo date for the SRAM Transmission was set early last fall. If anything TRP should have caught wind and not released on same day. Everyone in industry knew March 21st was end of SRAM's embargo.

If you compare the G2 caliper and the "new" level 4 piston caliper, it is same as G2. So the new Level is G2 without swingling.

To be fair, the way shimano do this is that the motor powers down with some charge left in the battery for the display and shifting to keep working. So you might get a few hundred meters less of range, but still plenty of shifts to get home. (That said, pedalling a full fat 24kg ebike in off is a miserable experience even on the flat.)

Drag box sounds like a tv show I would probably watch!

I still don't get it how having the tensioner next to the tyre and so down low is a good idea. People constantly mention how low the derailleur cages are on modern drivetrains, but those are always protected by the rear wheel while the BB gets MUCH lower at bottom out. Add a rock in there and you have a slight case of hard touching.

embedding kavenz insta post here for the deets. they need 20 orders to make the frame

Hey we heard you like draggy high pivots, so we added a drag box to your high pivot!

Kavenz High pivot enduro bike with gear box. Pre order starting.

11s mechanical 105 and ultegra is still available on 2023 model year bikes, 12 speed mechanical 105 coming soon too (https://www.bikeradar.com/news/shimano-105-12-speed-mechanical/) Sorry for the link from another website

The thing is, the lower end actually has much bigger volume, the margin is for sure lower but the numbers are huge (most of the bikes are not MTBs). Thats why overall Shimano still has much higher sales compared to SRAM who seems to be going more into premium. There could be a billion of bikes on this planet but very little of them run anything above deore/NX, let alone 600$ cogs and wireless transmission... LBS had a chance to become Specialized concept store but passed as they don't make low end bikes which in the end still make up...

Yes, thats been a thing on a few bikes over the last few years. Most likely a cue towards the upcoming Sram E-bike motor system. Now when your battery dies, you cant shift into a lower gear to get your ultra heavy bike up the hill back home!

AXS directly powered by e-bike battery… ?

There is a dentist who already called his lbs to order one because he can’t wait to stand on his derailleur before the next group ride. with current inflation I really don’t see these as priced any more or less insanely high than original axs or the original top end 12 speed groups. Which have always been released well before the budget tier groups to get maximum returns from impulse buys by people with the money to spend.

Point there, on the other hand Tiagra is the highest spec mechanical road group at the moment, meaning the highest spec group for road bikes under 2 grand.

Guides/G2s are being discontinued. It was mentioned in one of the overview articles but I can't remember who said it. That leads me to hope that more 'trail' bikes will get Codes instead (since it's such a small weight increase for way more power) but I have a feeling we will see especially low end bikes get the new Level 4 piston brakes instead. Here's hoping they're better than Guides.

Shimano just released a ton of budget/mass market products under the Cues 'groupset' so not exactly leaving the low end market to others. More like Shimano doubling down on their dominance of the low/mid end of the market.

the possibility the prices are this high to squarely position the new stuff in the utmost highend. That would mean high cashflows even with lower volumes If you can afford 10k for a pushbike , you can probably afford 12k.

I know, but I dont need the ferrari, fine with the civic.

Pinkbike has a development story about the new Sram stuff where it's mentioned the new crank is a one piece crank-and-spindle part. But the accompanying picture is of a forged crank and a separate axle. Do we have a confirmation that it is actually a single piece? That would somewhat explain the price but my god is that a saving pennies (or grams) by spending dollars kinda situation... Also, tin foil hat on... A friend of mine mentioned the possibility the prices are this high to squarely position the new stuff in the utmost highend. That would mean high cashflows...