Hey everyone welcome!
Last time I have received a SRAM branded box was in 2021.
This is the SRAM GX AXS upgrade kit that I have used on my bike
and you guys know that I mixed it with Shimano, I did all that cool stuff.
But that was 2021.
Fast forward to 2023 when small boxes don't cut it anymore,
I have with me two big SRAM branded boxes including the new SRAM Transmission,
they call it the T-Type transmission but it's pretty much version 2.0 of the Eagle AXS drivetrain.
I have the XO for you folks, I have the XX so before you sell a kidney to get one of these let's see what you're gonna get!
And even though I hold the SRAM branded box and I wear a SRAM branded hat
I'm not sponsored by them you can get these at bike shows just so you know.
And I also want to give a shout out to Paul at bikecomponents.ca
Not only that he lent me an XO kit today so I can do a side-by-side XO versus XX
but he also provided me a discount code, you'll find it in the description of the video,
that applies to any item on his website!
And I'm going to start with a question: what do you think is the weight difference between the XO and the XX kits?
And that's an easy answer if you have the box, here is the XX Eagle AXS Transmission
comes up to 3838 grams, this is the XO AXS Eagle, and this one comes to 4008g
so if you grab your pen and paper and you do the math
you're gonna see that the difference is 170 grams between XX and XO let's open them up!
Hohohoooo...
and as I saw someone doing it it's the easiest way upside down
And the very first thing you're going to notice is that they change the logo
yes it's gray on the XO it is white on the XX, here is the old Eagle.
As for the boxes they seem to be identical with the only useful information being here on at the back you're gonna see this is made in Taiwan just like
all the other SRAM stuff you have serial number XX Eagle is going to tell you this is using 170
millimeter cranks as you open the GX axis kit you would get to this little coaster and even
a multi-tool that was branded SRAM on the new boxes there's no tools there's no coaster you
have this box that is branded Eagle everywhere and right at the top you're gonna have a page full of
strum stickers move that out of the way and here they are folks you have all these warnings and
information about access you have the chain right at the top you're gonna see this this
instinctive color of black on the XO whereas the XX just like the XX SL is just the silver plated
this is supposed to be a more expensive coating right in this little corner you're gonna find
pedal washers and that's the same on both and on this top drawer you're gonna find the non-dry side
crank arm and starting with this XO holy smokes this is made out of aluminum something that's new
this time around aluminum at the EXO level what can I tell you this is absolutely beautiful for
an aluminum crank XX like the old x01 is made out of carbon this is the carbon with the foam
core just like with your previous carbon cranks this includes a crank Boot and it doesn't end in
a straight line anymore and if you look at x01 obviously it doesn't include a crank boot here
we go which one do you like best guys the shiny XX or the nicely nicely machined EXO look at that
that's really really pretty and the last item here at the top is one that has seen a lot of media as
of late because ever since they launched this they pounded this poor derailleur in every possible way
standing on it and all that kind of jazz XX on the left again XO on the right and right off the
bat you're gonna notice the difference in color for the aluminum cage otherwise the Machining
here is very similar and you're gonna have The Branding here XX versus x o o and that might mean
that there is a bit more material removed from this one otherwise these derailleurs are again
huge and I move that hand removable cage in a similar position to the default position on a
GX Eagle derailleur and I'm telling you guys this looks like a miniature derailleur in comparison no
it's just size overall also the jockey wheels and look at the bottom of the cage as well so
aside from a little bit of different branding and that a different color cage these two derailleurs
are pretty much identical they don't feel too heavy in my hand but if anything the EXO looks
a little bit more plasticky obviously that's not the case it's just that the XX has all these
extra machine surfaces that makes it look a bit more expensive so what do you think you have on
that second layer of the box and here it is you can remove it easily like this and here we go so
here's the drive side crank and obviously this is all the electronics and that is the new controller
again the drive side crank arm this is the charger it's a USB cable you have the new
controller that is absolutely tiny this is with what they call the infinity band
and I don't know if I'm gonna like these buttons guys I'm telling you right now they're a lot
harder to press than before here's the included battery and here in the corner I was curious
and opened this already what you're getting is the different shape for those buttons these are convex
and those are concave but again man I don't know if I'm gonna like this if we'll see I don't know
how you guys look at these two companies SRAM and Shimano but for me they're pretty much like Toyota
and Honda Toyota more conservative that would be Shimano and Honda bleeding edge that would be
SRAM coming up with new things one of them being these bash guards or bash guard plates that they
have on the new cranks they are pretty Innovative obviously they look pretty and they are integrated
on XO these are made out of plastic they're made out of aluminum on the XX the shape of the x-sync
teeth is supposed to be changed from the diverse generation the other change the major change here
is that the attachment on the back is using eight bolts as opposed to the three from before so once
again which one do you guys like the most the shiny XX or the more subdued aluminum crank from
Exo I would love to hear both the XX and the XO are available with a power meter obviously it's
not installed on the kit that I have and I think it goes right in here in the axle on the non-drive
side if you get the model that has it from what I could see with the new T-Type Eagle axis and the
new flat top chains SRAM is introducing their version of HG plus to the market in my mind
it could be a bit better than Shimano but I will leave that for another video one thing is for sure
we're going proprietary just like Shimano when proprietary with their cassette and chain for HD
Plus the same way SRAM is going proprietary pretty much everything with the T-Type maybe with the
exception of the cranks but the new proprietary system has at the core the chain and the cassette
let's take a look at that the cassette should be here on the bottom layer of this big box here's
the XO and here is the XX this is a new design of the cassettes and as I flip it over you're gonna
see that the color scheme is carried throughout that same dark gray color from the chainring is
being carried over to this uh New 52 tooth you know that they change the ratios here the gear
ratios to make it better more like Shimano you have the blockchain going on with the EXO as
for the XX again you have the nice and shiny this looks a bit more uniform if nothing else these are
just machined from steel and the last one here is aluminum and the other distinctive feature here is
that little red ring some say that that's a damper it definitely shows you the card that you are
going to use when you set this up both cassettes are built with only one aluminum Cog the largest
one the 52 and if you're wondering about weight the difference between these two cassettes that
I have is one gram there's eight grams difference between the two derailleurs there is also about
eight grams difference between the two chains and about 135 grams difference between the XO 165 and
the xx170 as an engineer I get very excited when I see new tech like this there's a lot of the cool
things that they have embedded in the new designs and I hope to cover that for you guys in the next
little while but if you have anything specific in mind that you would like to see let me know in the
comments below and I'll do my best to accommodate obviously I will try this drivetrain as soon as I
can if I still had my Yeti Arc I could have done it very soon but that was stolen so if
you see a Yeti Arc with an e13 cassette out there and Duke Wheels that's mine let me know
in the comments below don't forget I gave you a discount code in the description as well for buy
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subscribe comment and until next time hope to see you on the trails cheers guys cheers