The 15th of May 2025 will mark the first birthday of SRAM’s latest RED AXS road bike groupset, making it nearly a whole year old. As SRAM’s flagship wireless electronic groupset, it promised to introduce innovations across the board - faster front mech shifting in lieu of criticisms of the old system, drastically improved braking performance, and an enhanced app-based setup. All this, in a bid to stick it to the Shimano’s Dura-Ace Di2 to take the crown for the best groupset on the market - not an easy challenge. However, in my view, it’s one that Red AXS has well and truly risen too.
I gave my initial thoughts on the Red AXS groupset back at the time of launch, and that was after about 1,250km of riding. Since then, however, I have spent many more hours getting to know the groupset, as well as direct comparisons with Shimano’s range-topping alternative. So how does it stack up 12 months on? Has the love affair continued, and is it really enough to make me switch tribe?
