Originally Posted by
eddiepliers
A lil bit of info. The main reason why Apex is around: Alberto Contador needed a 32t cog on his 50/34 for a TT and SRAM used a mountain RD and cassette. If he used it, then anyone could use it.
People forget that others, sometimes, have to go up serious grades.
And also that Apex just formalized the marketing of a product combination that people were buying already. Nothing new but the name.