Hi, Thanks for the advice and great pic's. I think you may have sold the AXS eagle to me. I run Eagle on my other Full Suss Yeti so upgrading to AXS when I sell the Yeti is a definite option for me. Like you my Expert is moving further away from the stock model and I also run the ENVE M7 bars and stem. With HX1501 wheel (these come with both XD and Shimano free hubs so NX could be a cheap option) will be running a Hope 36T up front. One question on the cockpit what control do you use for the Levo and mine is the basic one with the floppy cable?Yep. Works like a charm compared to the x01 before (was an expert once), which worked fine too, but shifting performance is on another level with the axs stuff.
really Like it, I went xx1 derailleur with GX cassette and chain as fall and winter is coming.
As you have an expert too GX is also your way to go as NX got a shimano freewheel, you should have -like me- a xD, but check your cassette first (type is on the backside)
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38t Front with 50t rear give you nearly the same spread (1.7 vs 1.6m) per turn as the Stock 32/42 but with a much higher end speed (I live in a relatively flat area with mostly flowtrails, which have to be pedaled hard at around 30kph to be real fun), which should be much better for the cassette as the usable Gears spread more to the middle and I dont stay on the small cogs all the time.
With standart chainring upfront you should be able to climb like verticals.
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But one of the neatest things is the ultimate clean cockpit! Love it! Also really nice to configure shifting on the left/ right and fiddle round a bit with multishifts.
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In the Spring I will upgrade to the Rainbow stuff, as I know from my 11x the xx1 chains and cassettes are shifting even better, but too expensive for the wet season.
X01 derailleur as far as I know only differences are Steel(X01) vs Titanium Bolts(XX1), Alu Cage (X01) va Carbon Cage (XX1) and I’ve read somewhere there are hollow spaces filled with some foam, but that was never stated somewhere else, so really not sure.
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From what I hear the rear mech will sense how much power is being applied and delay the shift if this is excessive on the rear mech.
Just left mine tbh not had any issues running AXS rear mech and seat post works flawlessly.
I'm just concerned about water and mud getting into the frame, which is not ideal with the electrical parts ?
Mine has been through flood water over the motor housing tbh and no ingress whatsoever so I wouldn’t worry about it.
OK, thanks a lot ? hope I manage the install as a amateur ?
That would be ideal, you know any reference or something? Would be highly appreciated ?
OK, thanks a lot.
I’ve gone for the NX cassette as I thought it should go straight on the existing driver. I know have the issue of the rear wheel not fitting back in the frame as the end cap is too big. I’ve got Mavic E-XA 30 wheels. To be honest the driver looked like it had been chewed up a bit when I took the original cassette off so I’m considering the hope fortus 30 wheels with steel driver now. There’s not much room between the Eagle cassette and the frame protection mind.
I'm curious how this could work. Isn't the power all running through the top of the chainline and sent through the rear wheel before the deraileur could sense it? I could totally see how it would work if they had a wireless connection to the motor, or some other way to measure power, but drawing a blank on how that could work in the rear mech.
TBH I have no idea how this works just repeating the blurb that comes with the rear mech ?
Read it in a review I think can’t remember was nearly a year ago now. End of the day it is a great rear mech with zero misd shifts or fails. Expensive but best I have experienced in the last 30 years.
