At this year's Giro d'Italia, you can see the new and upcoming SRAM Red AXS kit mounted on the bikes of multiple teams. For example, the SD Worx-Protime and Canyon-SRAM teams are using the latest SRAM Red AXS suite.
At the beginning of the year, spy shots of the new SRAM Red AXS kit were revealed, but the images were blurry and could only be seen as a rough outline. This time, during the Giro d'Italia, foreign media reporters walked into the team's pit lane, and the team staff did not stop these enthusiastic fans and reporters from taking pictures of the new SRAM Red AXS.
There is very little data on the performance and technical information of the new SRAM Red AXS kit, but in terms of product iterations, it must have become faster, lighter, stiffer and more precise.
Judging from the pictures taken by foreign media reporters, the volume of the new Red's hand head has been significantly reduced, and the brake lever looks more slender and slender, and the overall has become more compact. There have been noticeable styling changes from the previous generation and the current Force, Rival and Apex.
The rear derailleur looks lighter, and SRAM has made more cut-outs on the rear derailleur. However, the battery is exactly the same as the previous two generations of Red, but I wonder if the battery capacity has been improved?
The rear derailleur guide wheel has also been updated, and the guide wheel has also been hollowed out, and the guide wheel looks bigger, and the specific gear ratio is still waiting for the official final news.
The crankset of the new Red has also been properly updated, the disc is still one-piece, and a power meter is attached.
The shape of the chain has also changed, and there are more CNC-like cutouts on the flat-top chain, which helps to reduce the weight of the chain and dissipate heat. I am looking forward to how much the chain weighs and how long it lasts.
The brake caliper is still Red's classic metallic tone, and the shape of the caliper is also very mechanical, which should be the most aesthetically pleasing caliper in the road bike field at present, right?
For more detailed information and quotations about the SRAM Red AXS kit, we can only wait for the official release of SRAM, and I believe that SRAM will bring us more surprises.
Image source: VELO
Editor: Yao