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I don't think it's better, it just means I can conceivably swap all the parts off my current bike onto this without the need to fiddle with changing end caps, which granted isn't much of a hassle.
Agreed the pricing though has sky rocketed considering the 2020 853 was £100 more, and it's currently priced well north of the £1,000 mark for 2021.
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Is thru axle better? I've never ridden it so have no idea. TA+Flat mount+brexit tax does seem to have added about 2-300 pounds to the price of steel frames over the past few years, which I can see irritating a lot of people, I guess especially road cyclists who seem set to gain the least from it.
Probably needed to happen the way the industry is going though.