Is no-one going to mention all of the reasons why SRAM's "WiFLi" idea is a bad idea on a road bike? The gaps between the gears on a 10-speed 11-32 cassette are way too big for serious road riding. I agree, it could work on a commuter or cyclocross bike, but not on a true road bike. I already hate the 11-28 cassette for road riding because the gear spacing is too big, this is just making it worse. For 10-speed stuff, the SRAM 11-26 and BBB 12-28 cassettes are the widest that I think are sensible.
I'm worried that many people will not realize the inappropriateness of this gearing setup for a road bike, and will buy it because they think it is better than a triple crankset, when it is clearly not when talking about road biking.
I already don't like SRAM's DoubleTap levers (two shift levers are always better than one), and the fact that they don't offer triple derailleurs or shifters (even though their subsidiary Truvativ makes triple road cranksets). Promoting WiFLi instead of offering a road triple groupset has made me dislike the company's general philosophy even more.
BTW, can anyone confirm the cog-size combinations on the 11-32 cassette? The OP said they were 11-12-13-15-16-17-22-25-28-32 (which was also stated in the article on
BikeRadar, and SRAM's website doesn't list this detail at the moment). The spacing in the middle section of that cassette is a complete mess, I think it might be just the 16 and 17 that are mis-prints and should be 17-19, making the correct combination 11-12-13-15-17-19-22-25-28-32. Can anyone confirm this?