Apologies you are correct. It was almost every other post after your original post where folks were looking online at the 2018 models and making assumptions.
The thing is that this thread started because someone thought that they were going to get a R13k bike for R4.5k. It turns out you are actually going to get a R4.5k bike for R4.5k.
I wonder how long it will take before someone starts ranting here about how Omnico will not provide any support for their Cannondale that was purchased at Makro?
For me the beauty of SRAM is the 10 tooth cog which allows you to run a small i.e. 32 tooth chainring and have almost the same top end as someone running a 36 tooth chainring with a 11 tooth cog. Throw in the 50 tooth granny gear of the Eagle cassette and you've got top end and enough gears to climb up pretty much anything. Yes GX Eagle does not shift as criply and quietly as XX1 but at the price is it really fair to expect it to?
To have the two races on the same weekend must have been a nightmare for the organizers. I imagine that they would hardly have had any sleep the entire weekend.
