The Radavist

MicroSHIFT’s new Sword group came into Travis Engel’s life at the perfect moment. He had been noticing that his Ratio-12-speed-converted SRAM Force shift quality would degrade quickly, as the cable housing wore and friction increased. It’s a sad side-effect of the Ratio conversion’s decreased cable pull per-shift. Also, the hydraulic brakes had too much dead stroke for Travis’ discerning index fingers. He was looking for something new. That’s when, like the sexy stranger disrupting a rom-com protagonist’s unhappy European vacation, microSHIFT Sword bumped into Travis with a very timely meet-cute.

It seems like only yesterday that the aggressively capitalized microSHIFT ADVENT group proved there’s a demand for an unpretentious wide-range 9-speed drivetrain. ADVENT X followed, stacking one more gear and two more teeth, while still holding fast to microSHIFT’s commitment to simplicity, serviceability, lower prices and upper cases. Today, they launch the decidedly more mature microSHIFFT Sword group. Aimed at the gravel and adventure road market, Sword is drop-bar only, cable-brake only, and comes in 1x, 2x, and dropper-post-compatible configurations. We cover all the details below…

Microshift has just announced their updated Trail Trigger shifter ($29.99) and 11-46t MTB cassette ($39.99), bringing even more affordability and versatility to their 9-speed shifting range. You’re reading those prices right! Head to Microshift to read more about their new Advent additions.

With a combined weight of 857g, the new microSHIFT ADVENT X 10-speed MTB group weighs less than GX and XT, with comparable gear range offerings. That includes the new 11-48T cassette, which weighs 424g. Yet, weight savings wasn’t the only thing they were going for here. ADVENT X costs you $166.97 for the three-piece kit. The rear derailleur is even compatible with their new road shifters! Now that, you can’t beat! We’ll try to get our grubby mitts on a group and let you know how it goes! I will say that I’ve been very impressed with microSHIFT’s modern products and hope to see how ADVENT X performs in the real world.

… gets put to the test around Lake Como.