Aftermarket cranks for etap AXS

[Kirk007]

Wolf tooth just announed chainrings for AXS that fit the Easton cinch crank and with more variations to come. This eliminates one of my biggest grips this AXS - the dedicated fugly crankset that costs a small fortune.

[FlashUNC]

So instead of an ugly SRAM crank, you get an ugly Easton crank?

How is that progress?

[nmrt]

whaa...?
Easton is one of the prettiest cranks. And the best $/gram!

Originally Posted by FlashUNC

So instead of an ugly SRAM crank, you get an ugly Easton crank?

How is that progress?

[arik]

Is it a double or 1x?

[joosttx]

Originally Posted by FlashUNC

So instead of an ugly SRAM crank, you get an ugly Easton crank?

How is that progress?

Uglier Easton crank... for my case it allows for wider qfactor which probably doesn’t answer your question.

[Kirk007]

I prefer my cranks not remind me of an out of control circular saw blade, also half the price of the red axs crank. And I'm generally grumpy with Sram and its obsolecence of the 2 red etap gruppos I bought last year.

[FlashUNC]

Originally Posted by joosttx

Uglier Easton crank... for my case it allows for wider qfactor which probably doesn’t answer your question.

All about the sweet, sweet Q.

[Sjambok]

Originally Posted by arik

Is it a double or 1x?

Just 1x rings.

[SoCalSteve]

Originally Posted by Kirk007

I prefer my cranks not remind me of an out of control circular saw blade, also half the price of the red axs crank. And I'm generally grumpy with Sram and its obsolecence of the 2 red etap gruppos I bought last year.

Curious why you think they are obsolete? I’m planning on using my ETap 11 speed groupsets for many, many, many years to come unless SRAM or other companies come out with 12 speed cassettes that start at a 10t and a 50/34 compact crankset.

Ultegra 11 speed cassette: $60.00 ( has the gearing I want )
SRAM AXS 12 speed cassette: $350.00 ( and it doesn’t even have the gearing I want )

SRAM Red ETap crankset 50/34: $400.00
SRAM AXS crankset: $700.00

[Kirk007]

Originally Posted by SoCalSteve

unless SRAM or other companies come out with 12 speed cassettes that start at a 10t and a 50/34 compact crankset.

My guess is that will come sooner than we think.

Yes the 11 etap should work for quite awhile if they continue to support it - for instance been looking for red 177.5 50/34 gxp cranks for quite awhile - always out of stock -- or is it no longer in production? And if a rear derailleur craps out in a year will a replacement be avialable? Time will tell.

And in the meantime I hear AXS improves the front shifting, which has been a pita on one of my two sets and is, to me, generally inferior to dura ace 9100 mechanical. Maybe its the shifting mechanism, maybe its, as my local mechanics claim, the inferiority of Sram chainrings as compared at least to Shimano, or a combination but am improvement on that score would be welcome. The reason I like the aftermarket crank movement is to move away from the SRAM chainring combos, and I surmise the same will happen with aftermarket cassettes soon.

[Hank Scorpio]

Mr. Kirk if you are considering off loading one of those etap groups send a pm my way.

[SoCalSteve]

Originally Posted by Kirk007

My guess is that will come sooner than we think.

Yes the 11 etap should work for quite awhile if they continue to support it - for instance been looking for red 177.5 50/34 gxp cranks for quite awhile - always out of stock -- or is it no longer in production? And if a rear derailleur craps out in a year will a replacement be avialable? Time will tell.

And in the meantime I hear AXS improves the front shifting, which has been a pita on one of my two sets and is, to me, generally inferior to dura ace 9100 mechanical. Maybe its the shifting mechanism, maybe its, as my local mechanics claim, the inferiority of Sram chainrings as compared at least to Shimano, or a combination but am improvement on that score would be welcome. The reason I like the aftermarket crank movement is to move away from the SRAM chainring combos, and I surmise the same will happen with aftermarket cassettes soon.

If this happens, I would consider it. But honestly, I’ve been really happy with my ‘lowly’ 11 speed ETap groups. And yes, the front der is a pita to set up, but once set up properly, it works flawlessly, imho.

[Andy sti]

Have to say that I like my AXS crankset, I think it looks pretty cool. Unfortunately, mine is scratched up already though.

[Kirk007]

Originally Posted by SoCalSteve

If this happens, I would consider it. But honestly, I’ve been really happy with my ‘lowly’ 11 speed ETap groups. And yes, the front der is a pita to set up, but once set up properly, it works flawlessly, imho.

Yeah I don't intend to dump what I've got. It's the incoming plus one that I'm stewing over.

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[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by Andy sti

Have to say that I like my AXS crankset, I think it looks pretty cool. Unfortunately, mine is scratched up already though.

Have to agree with you - it looks great on an industrial/modern build like your titanium Alliance.

But also agree with Greg that it'd look really weird on a classic steel setup.

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