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Guy Kesteven

SRAM’s new T-Type XX SL Eagle Transmission is the ultimate MTB groupset, but does it make your bike a dinosaur?

SRAM’s new XX SL Eagle Transmission fitted to a bike

SRAM’s all-new 'hangerless' Eagle Transmission is a practical and performance feature-loaded masterpiece with a whole new attachment and ergonomic architecture that we’ve gone into in detail here. But how does this brand new wirelessly controlled drivetrain work on the trail? Guy Kesteven has hammering a pre-release test set through slop, snow, rocks and everything in between to find out.

While Guy has been testing the top of the line XX SL version of SRAM's new Eagle Transmission, sitting below it are the XX and XO models. For a full breakdown and more details on the complete range, see our main SRAM Eagle Transmission article.

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