Built on the dream of being able to shift without removing your hand from the handlebars, SRAM has since built an empire of technology that has fundamentally changed how we ride. Nearly 40 years after the introduction of Grip Shift, the component giant is paying tribute to this history with a limited-edition groupset that honors the past while delivering today's most innovative tech in a bright and shiny new package: the 1987 Collection.
Apparently, 38 years is the 'Mostly Shiny Aluminum' Anniversary, because SRAM is celebrating with a limited-edition 1987 Eagle Transmission Collection that swaps carbon and dark anodized finishes for shiny alloy. This is what you would get if you took a wireless SRAM XX SL Transmission group, replaced all of the proper carbon with silver anodized aluminum, and left all the black plastic bits still there.