Someone leaked the new AXS compenaerts:
Official release is tomorrow.
are those AI-generated human avatars?
Seems about right, I just bought a bike with (now old) Force AXS. 
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Yeah I also bought some force shifters but 
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looks like Red with blacked out finishes, guess weāll need to wait for the next-gen Red AXS to see new stuff
This is old news. The cheapo Microspline hubs have been cartridge-bearing from day 1. And yes, the ones we have seen are not exactly durable. I want to say the last time we dealt with one it was a 6903 bearing in there, but I canāt recall.
Looks like the top-tier one getās double-row bearings to help with longevity but in true Shimano fashion they are still using crappy cup/cone in the cheap hubs. Iām looking forward to play, noise, and harshness from QC300 and QC400 freehubs, but at least the TC stuff should not crap out after a year of actual use.
Anodized aluminum in the shape of a stubby snap bracelet that you fit over the center barrel. Available with etched designs too of course.
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Thatās eating away at the use-case for Archer, a little bit, if you buy into it.
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Once it all settles in this could be the best thing Shimano has done in a long time and is taking an approach that ditherers should love.
Same chain and cassette spacing across all groups is incredible.
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So do you think it will roll out with an 11 speed shifter that needs to be locked out for a 9 speed application, or will they do separate shifters? EDIT: They could do aftermarket shifter drums a bit like Ratioā¦
They have different shifters
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also same dangler cable ratio and shifter pull per cog?
Iām curious what the ratio will be, and whether itās in one of the gaps to unlock any new combinations like shimergo or srampy
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Some rough numbers on Reddit put it very close (if not the same) as Dynasys. Iām not sure I want to drop $50 on a 5130 dangler to find out. But I wouldnāt be shocked if itās 10 speed pull and spacing and they just rivet on extra cogs. All the āitās not compatibleā might just be mostly about using the 11 speed cassette with regular 11 speed parts.
at that point i find it hard not to dither directly to 11s. i would be interested in quality 9s for an ebike but otherwise if it requires a new ecosystem iām just gonna do 11s again
the Linkglide chain/cassette does seem like thereās gonna be some killer applications
just unclear how to integrate it into a stable of nerd bikes
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Itās gonna get integrated on my mid drive e-bike once itās available. And my Kona Dew.
I didnāt see -is this all on ye olde HG freehub body, or is it microspline?
HG
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No, German-generated
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