Help with difference between two SRAM Red crank sets

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So for the last 4 years I’ve had two Canyons, and Aeroad (rim) and a Endurace (disc) both with ultegra, I wanted to consolidate as the bikes were bought in a hurry to save seasons/specific needs, so I have sold both and bought a Orbea Orca OMX (not the new one, last season so hint towards aero)

It came with a full SRAM Rival electronic groupset, I’ve replaced the wheels and cassette and currently the weight is 7.75 KG, as the Rival (48 / 35) crank set is heavy I’d like to replace it with red to save a chunk of weight, after that I’m done, I live in a fairly flat part of the UK so most of my road riding is flat and fast with short punchy climbs, so I spend a lot of time in the big ring

Anyway, sorry back to the reason for the post, searching about there seem two versions of the Red DUB 12 speed crankset

SRAM Red AXS DUB 12 Speed Chainset

and

SRAM Red D1 DUB 12 Speed Chainset

Whats the difference ???

I can get the D1 in 50/37 for 46% off, considering my Ultegra is 52/36 and spend most of my time in the big ring, will I notice ?

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My guess d1 is for older etap and axs for newer axs?

Edit they actually might be identical

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Well as far as I can work out they are the same, the D1 is the original, the AXS is the D2 … the major difference is tht the D2 is only available in DUB

Gone for it, with the larger chain rings, was planning on doing some road bike time trials anyway

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When I bought my bike 2.75 years ago, D1 = rebadged Red crank and D2 = rebadged Force crank, both 12-speed.

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Yeah I’m with Oreo on this, from memory it’s just a weight difference, nothing that will affect fit or performance as such.

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The important thing is that both cranks support the nice spider-based power meter that’s been a reliable work horse for many, many years now.

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Well as this entirely a weight saving exercise, if it’s not in the 580 region, it might well go straight back

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From this web site (not official) Force D1 and D2 weight the same , i’ts just the the D2 doesn’t come in GXP, and they gave a different finish

Still at a loss as to what the difference between Red D1 and AXS (see original question), the SRAM web site only lists the fc-red-D1

I don’t think in the Case if Red it’s a case of one is a rebranded Force, as the arms are a different shape

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Both the cranksets that were linked in the original post are identical FC-RED-D1 cranksets, with the cheaper crank being an OE unit and the other being a standard retail crank (as indicated by the information disclaimer on the product page). OE units are typically cheaper and available only as manufacturer/assembly overstock, so they don’t usually have the same SKU availability.

For a crash course on model number logic, this article: Model Code Info | SRAM
is helpful. In the case of “DX” suffixes, the letter indicates the numeric generation (D = 4th) and the number X is the iteration of that part, within the generation (1 is the first and only in the case of the RED product series, whereas Force has both a 1 and 2 iteration, with the latest release).

Ultimately, if the OE unit has availability in the fit spec you’re looking for, I would pick it up at a good price. All the OE units that I have ever sourced from places other than SRAM for my own builds and customer builds have always been great!

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Thanks, I took the risk and order it, everything you said appears to be correct, the weighed in at the expect 585g, so I lost 340g of the bike, but they didn’t come in a flash Red box

I think i might have confused the conversation a little when asking the difference between D1 and AXS and calling the AXS a D2

Cheers, thanks for the clarification, happy with my purchase now that I understand what it is I’ve bought :slight_smile:

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