Taking advantage of their Kyle Strait sponsorship, SRAM shows off how the new Cage Lock feature makes it much easier to remove and insert your rear wheel by holding the pulley cage out to add slack to the chain. It’s just one of the features that’s been teased already.
We’re headed to SRAM’s mountain bike press launch in about a week, where we expect to get full details on this, Grip Shift and other new stuff from Avid and Rockshox, too. Stay tuned…
shimano’s shadow plus works by resisting forward cage motion, but allowing the cage to move back easily with just spring tension.
sram’s idea here is not the same at all. the cage resists backward, tensioning motion, so it will actually promote chain slap if left locked during riding.
it also looks like something that could be used on x5 or x7 groups, for beginners. i doubt anyone else would want it.
I get this is supposed to be a comical advertisement but it really missed the mark. Wasn’t really funny, and unless you have no mechanical ability, really not a useful product. I’ve run sram for years and yes they aren’t the easiest rear der to have when making a wheel change, and yes shimano is easier. So is this just sram’s fix to their own design mistake? Or are they ripping on shimano for making a system that makes the wheel change harder (which they admit, and is why it can be switched off)?
Either way the new bike is getting shimano cause of the plus rear der and that they’ve always been known as the better shifting cassette and crank. It was was nice five years sram! good luck
This “innovation” is kind of pointless. I do not see it benefiting riders that actually know how to remove and reinstall their wheel. I agree that it is a good idea for younger riders and the entry level groupos, but not on X9-XX. While I am an avid supporter of all things SRAM, I believe they may be trying to bring something to the market so the public doenst think they are being left behind. In this case, they totally missed the mark. Sorry SRAM, please try again…
These guys in this commercial are exactly the type of people that SHOULD NOT be doing their own work on their own bikes. Really, idiots? You shouldn’t be wrestling or mistreating your bike like that. I get that it’s supposed to be “funny” but it’s not, it’s just idiots being idiots. If you can’t get your wheel off in 10 seconds then you need to be taught how to properly work on your bike.
