Planet x

[Nigelnaturist]

Maybe it does need a medium cage? Mine's at least 18 months old now & tbh I rarely use the bigger rings on the cassette.
Just had a quick look at SRAMs website & they do a 11-36 cassette too now https://www.sram.com/sram/road/products/pg-1170-cassette , run that on a compact & it'd be like a mtb gear

Thats because your front ring is too small.

 

[Widge]

Decent steel over alu ftw

Decent Alu over cheap Carbon Fibre FTW too?

 

[vickster]

Decent Alu over cheap Carbon Fibre FTW too?

No, I personally prefer carbon although alu with fat tyres is more comfortable on crap roads than carbon with skinny tyres but slower

 

[Hacienda71]

Have a Planet x rt58 alloy with sram rival fitted, through cycle to work scheme. It hasthe GXP bottom bracket fitted and they are rubbish!!!!!!! Am currently in discussion with planetx on a resolution. Had to replace it after 4 months! You can buy a hope BB with a conversion kit! So BEWARE any potential buyers of Sram think Twice before purchasing!!!!

I have been running Sram with Gxp BB's on two bikes for the last four years Red on one and Apex on the other. The BB's on mine have lasted for between 8000 and 10000 miles. I hear more horror stories about pushfit BB's
like BB30 etc. If you want trouble free you can't beat good old square taper.