Although SRAM's wireless Red eTap road group is not yet available, the company is already working on an eTap group with hydraulic brakes. A BikeRadar reader spotted two prototype groups at a coffee shop in Chicago, Illinois, home to SRAM's headquarters.
SRAM declined to answer BikeRadar's specific questions about this eTap HydroR group, instead offering this general response.
"SRAM’s commitment to hydraulic brakes for road is absolute and we plan to offer a full breadth of road hydraulic options. More information to follow," SRAM PR spokesman Daniel Slusser told BikeRadar.
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SRAM already has the two main pieces necessary for an electric-hydraulic group, with the eTap's wireless technology and the second-generation HydroR road hydraulic technology. At face value, it's only a matter of integrating the shift/brake lever, which is what these prototype groups have done.
SRAM eTap wireless electronic shifting plus HydroR hydraulic braking would be "eTap HydroR", right?
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