Andi Sykes highlights a few of the bikes and components that impressed him. Words and pics by Andi Sykes What was meant to be a trip back to China to catch up with a couple of old friends for my ...

The electric-mountain bike market has grown exponentially in the last decade, and this year’s options are better than ever.

This amazing bike pedals like any mid-travel trail mountain bike ... There’s no reason besides market positioning that SRAM couldn’t have made this lighter than a GX AXS shifter/derailleur combo, what ...

Since then, the more affordable SRAM GX Eagle AXS Transmission was added to the line-up ... Gear changes are impressively smooth – even under heavy pedal pressure. No crunching, no metallic clunks – ...

SRAM Transmissions are about consistency and reliability. And forget-about-ability. The GX Eagle Transmission has ... easing off the pedals during shifts). By the by, on some full suspension ...

The ECC 4 is currently the only SRAM eMTB that relies on a cable operated GX drivetrain rather than the electronic Transmission ... thus enabling both automatic and pedal-less shifting. The ECC can’t ...

It offers two pedal assist modes – range and rally ... Its drivetrain is the Sram GX Eagle Transmission, and it’ll set you back $7,794. Meanwhile, the Ekano 2 CF Ultimate gets the Rockshox ...

And, it came on a whole bike that costs about the same as a SRAM GX Transmission rear derailleur ... and the shifting under pedaling loads is actually as advertised. Push harder on the pedals and the ...

And, for anyone wanting to run Flight Attendant, the GX crank can accept the pedal sensor necessary for the system to function. SRAM offers the GX T-Type cranks in 165mm, 170mm, and 175mm lengths, ...