Originally Posted by
kleinboogie
I have the 2010 Red and the Rival 2010 seems very close, less the bling. Functionally you'd be justified saving the money and going Rival. My guess is the 2011 Red will have some other new marketing thingie so just get what you need. GL
AFAIK, the only thing coming out is SRAM Red LTE (A.K.A. SRAM Yellow). It's hard to improve upon a perfected system.
SRAM seems to be pushing APEX since it sort of builds upon the XX Mtn groupset but in road form (basically can push triple gears in a double) at a very affordable price (this is a total homerun for OEM LBS distribution channel).