SRAM brings the “lightest and cheapest” 11-speed groups to market
Vancouver, BC—Live to Play Sports, Canada’s largest distributor of bike parts and accessories, will offer SRAM’s 11-speed and hydraulic brake road technology to Canada’s bike stores in May 2013, announced product manager Geoff Pradine today.
SRAM Red 22 has three brake options: mechanical, hydraulic rim, and hydraulic disc.
SRAM road in 11-speed
According to Pradine, SRAM Road is launching their entrance into the 11-speed category with Red 22 and Force 22. Both drivetrain groups will have 11-speed shifting in the rear and 2-speed shifting at the front. Up until today, SRAM only had road shifting up to 10-speed in the rear. At 1747 grams, SRAM’s top end Red 22 group can claim lighter weight than its competitors.
SRAM Road introduces hydraulic brakes
Pradine also notes that SRAM will be the first major parts company to offer a hydraulic brake options in their road drivetrain groups. SRAM’s Red 22 group will be available in a standard mechanical pull, hydraulic rim brake, and hydraulic disc brake option. SRAM will also be making a SRAM-branded SB-700 10-speed shift-brake system for hydraulic rim brake and hydraulic disc brakes. This, suggests Pradine, “would be a perfect complement to 10-speed Red and 10-speed Force groups in the market.”
Review: Red 22 and Force 22 in bikeradar.com
In anticipation of consumer release, bikeradar.com has posted a component-by-component tour of the SRAM 11-speed groupsets in words and photos. Bikeradar lists weights of all components in the article, and adds that “SRAM can already claim to be the lightest and cheapest (in most countries) top-end 11-speed group.”
Learn more:
- About SRAM Red 22 and SRAM Force 22 11-speed geartrains
- About SRAM S-Series brakes and shifters
- Read about SRAM’s 11-speed technology at bikeradar.com
- Find a SRAM dealer in Canada