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And is it more reliable?
Anecdotally. Yes. I’ve warrantied 5 fold more AXS parts over the past year than Di2. The wait list is longer too.
I am biased towards neither. If I had to spec my next bike, it’d be mullet AXS.
That doesn’t change my experience, I’ve had more failed AXS components then Di2. It’s a far more user friendly system.You can at least know what the fuck is wrong with Di2 than AXS, which gives you nothing.
Most issues are battery related.
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It's not just a few hours of fuss though. There's a lasting impact on the frame. I guess I was speaking from a very personal point of view, but imagine if in 2021 you spec a custom frame for Di2. It's just way less slick than AXS. Holes in tubes to accommodate etubes that simply don't need to exist with AXS. Say you spec Di2 and then Shimano release wireless shifting in the future. I'd be bummed out that I have these pointless holes.
And is it more reliable? Shimano have had so, so, so many warranty issues on modern Di2 parts. As far as I was aware, eTap is a pretty reliable and mature system now - just as much as Di2 is.
Modern Shimano stuff is getting uglier and uglier IMO, too. They have no native crank based power and have killed off Pioneer, whereas SRAM have crank based power all the way down to Rival.
Dunno. Just think they're sitting on their hands, while SRAM are actually moving forwards.
But then all of that is moot because my bike and my upcoming bike will both have rim brakes and mechanical Chorus :-)