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it's almost like they have to find something to criticize.
Surely this is their job?
Beats acting as an extension of companies' marketing departments by mindlessly regurgitating buzzword riddled copy that was handed to them, without offering any critical evaluation in fear of not being sent new shiny products next time around.
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The electronic internals supposedly are the same, so if the shifting kit is 100g heavier than Force and you have a nice aftermarket crankset, particularly in 1x, becomes a significant £ saving for a small increase in weight.
Not to say that there are many lighter weight chainsets around for the price.
Rival crankset is £35 less than 105.
Barring the crankset, it's 100g heavier than Force. Cycling journalist's expectations for a third tier electronic groupset at that price point...it's almost like they have to find something to criticize.