A while back there was some talk about the SRAM XX1 1x11 system.

Well - I thought some might be interested that I had my hands on this stuff in the flesh today and man... that cassette is HUGE.

I really don't like the look of this and reckon 2x10 is gonna be a lot better bet for most people (in fact, 3x10 still seems very popular too).

Reposting from my nobmob blog as I think this deserves to get a wider airing.

This is an interesting Wordpress article series I came across yesterday surfing from site bicycles.net.au. From what I read here it looks to me like the current phase of structural adjustment in the bicycle market with the rise and rise of on-line selling seems to me to be in large part due to the bicycle manufacturing industry's own poor inventory management practices. It also confirms what many of us suspected about the supply chain.

Read on to see what I mean:

Received this mail from Jenson over the weekend:

SRAM has announced a voluntary recall of some PowerLock 10sp chain connectors. The affected products were sold separately with the connector by itself, and also as a connector that was included with a SRAM 10sp chain. The connecting link can fail, which could lead to a loss of control of the bicycle.

Although SRAM indicates that the potential for failure is low, out of an abundance of caution we are sending you this message and request that you promptly inspect your PowerLock connecting link: