Originally Posted by
Seattle Forrest
You don't need a SRAM Apex drive train. You can get wide range from a lot of different cassettes and chain rings. If the price is right, you can even get a bike and change its gearing. Ideally you don't want to, but keep in mind that this isn't carved in stone.
truth
but don't discount that apex isn't a fine group, it is... if you like apex, get it... and you don't have to have a pie plate top gear on apex, as mentioned, you can swap cassettes easily enough, dealer might even do it for you for next to nothin...