As a system its been in development for over 5 years and at 175g lighter than XTR there is already a lot of retail interest. In the UK, we've already taken orders for a handful of sets. Acros are a high end German manufacturer and the production will not move from in house. Break the set down, there are 248 individual parts at a cost of $2300, that works out at just $9 per part. To machine in house, anodise, laser etch etc etc, its not all that bad. Dont forget about all the small pistons etc that are super expensive to machine. The whole system is fully rebuildable. Trash a mech and you can completely rebuild it at home. By the time you bought a XX gruppo, trashed 2 mechs, you'll only be a few hundred $ away from this system. The original concept was realised by Christian Muthers under the 5Rot brand. This never made production due to the development and manufacture costs, not to mention the logistics! Christian now works for Acros as a top designer and sold the designs to them. They had the power and funding to turn 5Rot into a reality. Its taken 5 years of development, even from the point Christian had it to get it to market! It runs on a fully sealed system which is dead easy to bleed. You simply remove 2 bleed screws from the shifter and push fluid all the way down and round the whole system. It is adjustable both at the mech and shifter if you get issues on the trail, simply by adjusting the piston screws. Production versions will house the 2 smaller cables into one so you wont end up with more cables than at the moment. J

I think the price is slightly wrong on these. Its more likely to be around $15.00 RRP. The rubber bumpers will be available in all ODI grip colours and different thicknesses. There will be sizes to fit Boxxer, 888 and Fox 40. Curnutt XTD version is also likely. Many of the US guys may not suffer with the same problems the European guys do as when the OE bumpers get wet, they have a tendency to slide & move around, especially in the wet or if you stack a couple of times on a practice run or race run. How many times to you check they haven't moved after a stack? Never! These are designed so you dont have to check as they wont slide. I do love the mentality of todays rider! OMG, i wont be able to get it unless CRC sell it! OMG! CRC are gods, OMG! You're local ODI stockist will be able to order these quite easily J