Microshift Advent: Serving Fun Havers. 

Amen on Microshift Advent drivetrains. They are awesome awesome awesomeness.

At the end of this, I physically stood up from my chair and gave you a standing ovation.

Seriously, that was awesome. You represent people who have fun biking along with a sense of efficiency/economy in doing so. Thank you.

That's why 3x8 is great! All the gears you could possibly need, a meaty chain, and bulletproof.

Wow. I guess I got lucky. Or even better, my local bike shop has some really knowledgeable employees. When I described that I'm a brand new rider with 80% road for exercise, and 20% dirt/gravel when I'm camping, they sold me a Specialized Sirrus X 3.0 with the Microshift Advent 1x9 (with clutch). I've had it for a month now, and I've put on about 250 miles. I bent the shifter when I was loading it in the car and it still shifted fine. I'm quite happy with the whole set up, and your video gives me confidence that I have the right gear.

You break a chain, you can't ride; it's just that simple. I'd rather use the stronger, slightly thicker chain and stay in the game. Peace, my friend!!!!

IDK, I kind of want to see a chain made entirely of quick links now.

3:07 that overtake though

My GF's Rockhopper came with an advent drivetrain and its been absolutely bulletproof.

I REALLY LOVE MY ADVENT. I BOUGHT THE 2X9 LONG CAGE. IT HAS THE PRECISION OF A DEORE, 535% RANGE (22x36 crowns, 11-36 cassete), cheap reposition parts (less than a third of a good 12 speed), Almost 3 months of hard riding and NO adjustments needed. IT IS AWESOME. IM FROM SÃO PAULO STATE, NO ONE EVER HEARD ABOUT IT.

I really like my microshift stuff.

I have the advent x on my vintage steel gravel bike. Absolutely no complaints

I am right now upgrading my kids bikes from twist to switch shift and MicroShift has come through as my top choice! Never even heard of the company before this venture but I am sure glad I did.

I love your classic quote from ACN show “your about ready for a new 12 Speed chain, just after you open the pack of your new 12 chain” until you start seeing big bike Manufacturers using stuff like Microshift nothing will change I’m afraid.

this is why I'm sticking with 9 speed forever.

i need microshift in my life!

Ture words man microshift are in the right angle and they proved on track I been using for almost 2 years rock solid till now

Bought my first real bike (specialized diverge E5) back in March. It has an eight speed Claris groupset and it's honestly more than I need. My friends ride old 2x6 bikes from the 80's because it's all they can justify buying and they've never had any complaints.

This is what recent Altus should look like

So much raw truth in this video.. we need these slaps on the face! Cycling can be snobby... Awesome video!

I was looking at getting a microshift drivetrain but couldn't find anything in stock so I went with a box 3 prime 9 drivetrain. Works pretty well and it's also good for the price.

Amen. Back in the day, I used to be an XT / XTR guy. Now I very rarely go above SLX or SRAM GX. When you let that racing mentality go, you start saving a bunch of money, and you know what,...riding your bike is still a shit load of fun?

Video quality looks really good in this one, just started watching and it really stood out. I know you've talked about getting new gear recently. Definitely looks like it's paying off

This video was very poetic, nicely done bro, I think you were high but that works too. Cheers

this was a good rant, if you ever get a podcast post about it I'll listen.

To be fair box started doing this first, it’s just that Microshift was able to get on oem bikes.

Absolutely love my Advent 9s. Wide range cassette, Clutched rd, chain and shifter all well under $200 No issues over the last 8mos, dozens & dozens rides. Just reliable, and have gotten a couple of friends to switch!

I have a bunch of old Shimano stuff and when it wears out, Microshift will be the replacement for sure. Just wish they came in silver.

Sram mtb products were first devenlope by french Sach wich TVE first bought

Fantastic video! I dig how your style has evolved and really love the attitude and approach in this video. Nice work. And, you just saved me a ton of $$ on a 1x9 conversion. Thanks.

Agreed! I have installed Advent on both my hard tail and full suspension. Solid as a rock.

What truly interests me in the Microshift lineup is the Acolyte group. For what and where I ride I think it might just be proper answer. Just have other bikes I want to get going before fixing an issue that doesn't exist.

They need to make cranksets too. Last time I checked they didn’t?

I am fairly new to bike mechanics. I just, however, set up Advent 9-speed with drop bars this past weekend. Frankly, it was really straight-forward. Within 15 minutes, I had the thing shifting like champ. I like that. The shifters also have a nice hand feel and seem pretty solid. I'll ignore the shift cable coming out the side. I have not ridden the bike yet. It needs a tire (important, I think). But likely this weekend.

Riding a fixie will make you less fussy about close ratios. Been over biked for some time. No need for 20X 34 granny here. 32X32 8 speed is enough. Have not tried Microshift because my Shimano stuff still works great. Would consider it if twigs tear my derailleur off again. SRAM, well GXP is defective.

I got a bike off the internet in early 2021; it's a Gravity Trail HD with the Advent 1x9. To date it has held up pretty well. The smallest sprocket's teeth are are worn and I can only use 8 gears now. It would be real nice to have my top gear back so I should get the parts and watch some youtube videos so I can install it myself. Anyway the point of my comment is that even 8 gears works great for getting around everywhere(hills and long distance).

Amen to the 12 speed snake oil. I trashed a SRAM SX derailleur twice in the first 2000 miles on streets and gravel roads. I upgraded to GX but will evolve to an aftermarket solution as a want to be some high plains drifter hundreds of miles from a decent bike shop, or home. Not a place to drop a crystal drive.

They can't keep the stuff in stock which is all you need to know...The price point is right and I'll definitely use their parts in the future.

That down hill run was insane, and I loved it.

Simple answer: singlespeed

Good one. Pretty much aligned with your thought. And I am a happy MicroShift Advent user as well

works 90% of the time, every time. Love my advent

3,675 miles on my microshift centos groupset. Teeth on the cassette look good, Original chain, and cable...

I just got my advent parts like 20 min ago, I'm beyond excited. I got the bar end shifter, seems super sweet.

Don't forget Suntour was huge in the 70s-80s.. but they virtually disappeared overnight in the early 90's when Shimano began to utterly dominate.. MicroShift works great, I've got 1x9 Microshift Marvo LT running on my Specialized Sirrus. Works and shifts great for such a cheap set.

The same dynamic holds for nearly all sports, weekend warriors using equipment best suited for elite athletes while much more practical options are ignored. If you like bulletproof get your hands on a pinion gearbox/gates belt equipped bike. You can ride them like a rented mule with minimal maintenance.

i own 3 group sets of advent 9, 1 has been through hell and works amazing, its gotten bent, beat and with my own hands i bent it back and it still shifts fine, index issues are none, and my other 2 dont have enough time on them. they are pretty much brand new, I am so impressed by this group set, I may just replace my shimano deore 10 speed with an advent x when it wears out.

Love my microshift adventx. I had to buy the components from 3 different sellers. One was in Germany.

advent 8 speed user here, just the lowest end model they got. It's cheap, it shift well, easy to maintain.

the new 12 speed Deore drivetrain is bulletproof the clutch is super easy to service and I've had the bike for 6 months and I've never touched the barrel adjuster I've crashed way too many times and the shifting is still super smooth

When trials riding years ago if you wanted gears at the same time we ran Shimano Sora or Tiagra mechs because they where so small and with normal index shifters with no issues

Just put together my 1x8 budget lightweight road bike. Next upgrade for it was Microshift Acolyte. Its a steal for the price.

Exceptionally good video work - an anthem for the hard-to-kill groupsets. “dainty” definitely isn’t the word I think of when it comes to my 12spd XO1 setup, but I admit I would probably never pay full price for these parts. Now they go up to 10-52t I look forward to the 10-50t stuff going on sale. Incidentally: Independent testing done by zerofrictioncycling suggests 12spd chains actually last as long (or longer) than their lower-speed counterparts. Sure you can poke holes in their methodology, but it’s maybe better than anecdotes. I welcome more competitors to this market (Advent, Box etc.), as long as they promise not to invent more hub driver standards.

My most reliable mtb is an ancient Rocky Mountain with a 9 speed cassette in the rear with a triple chainring setup up front. All mid-level Shimano components. Absolutely bomb proof. I've used microshift components here and there on other bikes & never had any problems

I got back into cycling 2 years ago and previous to that the las bike I rode was in early 2000s when I was a teenager. I bought a mountain bike from Decathlon which was discounted at 360 euros right after the pandemic cycling boom. The thing is equipped with a microshift advent drivetrain but I honestly didn't know what that that meant and it could have been Decathlon own brand from what I knew. I rode that thing everywhere and in terms of maintenance I probably have cleaned and lubed the bike 3 or 4 times. So I got used to the way it was shifting and taught that if this was the lowest of low end bike then surely anything more expensive had to be better. So I bought a Genesis Fugio earlier this year equipped with Sram 11 speed Apex drive train. And since the whole bike was 5 times more expensive surely it had to be noticeably better in many ways right ? Disappointment ensued shortly after. Shifting feels the same when everything is in perfect working order. By that I mean that the more expensive drivetrain recquires to be spotless and is way more susceptible to make funny noises when covered with muck or isn't perfectly lubbed. The best I can say is that I got two extra gears and I honestly don't think that this makes much of a difference to a recreational use. It feels like a side grade more than anything else. You sacrifice ease of use and maintenance for a slight gain in performance which makes no sense to me given the huge price increase. It's the same thing for everything else about this new bike honestly. I like to treat myself with fancy stuff from now and to end up on a positive note I'd say it's pretty amazing what you can get for a price that cheap, but you don't know that until you compared it to more expensive stuff. And there are definitely parts worth investing money into. The most surprising to me was getting different handlebars with more sweep and decent grips. Being comfortable made me ride faster, more regularly and more confident. Also getting decent tires and going tubeless. Generally speaking I'd say having a simpler and cheaper bike allowed me to be more comfortable tinkering and doing my own maintenance which in turns allow to ride with more confidence. I'm more in tune with a bike that I maintained and modified myself than my expensive gravel bike that I have to bring to my lbs every time I need a tune up or don't have specific tools.

I want to go with micro shift on my surly build, but it wasn’t available. Really cool drivetrain. Currently, I’m happy with the Shimano Deore 11 speed set up.

Thanx, nice thought process. I have a 12 sp Sram on a new bike I bought a couple of months ago. Shifting went bad because of a derailleur that developed a fatal amount of wobble after a couple of months use by a guy over 60. I was so annoyed that I ordered a Microshift advent X set and Shimano brakes and threw out everything Sram. Overreacting? Maybe, but if you sell a product that bad, even if it is a cheap group, I don't want to be your customer.

Yup, just put this on my old 1999 Stumpjumper Comp and it's been great getting back out to riding. They've been great shifting and the 1x is way better than the old 3x LX/XTR setup I had. The only thing I miss from the old setup is the windows showing the gear. I don't miss the horrible chain suck from the front 3x though.

Yet here I am with AdventX and I've had more issues with it skipping gears than my SRAM SX I had it replace

I hope this company get popular enough for me to get that 2nd hand

Production quality on this one 👍. I’m still waiting for Advent X to come in to QBP. High demand apparently. Availability is the Microshift Achilles Heel right now. But when it does, it’ll be good. I run Microshift thumbies on two bikes and they are fantastic. Makes the Paul Thumbies with Shimano bar-ends combo clunky and obsolete. Go Microshift!

You should never compromise a good chain for weight. I'm old school for real.

#1x1 and done..

I agree completely, derailleurs need to be abolished and the gearbox needs to be developed further.

Idk about that. Have been using 11 speed ultegra and 12 speed eagle for a while now and haven’t had any issues.

I put a microShift mega range (11-46) 9 cassette on my fat tire bike and love it!! Kept the Shimano parts already on and it works but I think I'm going to change it all to MS. Put road brifters on a friends bike because she's 5ft tall and has tiny hands. She likes it better than her Ultergra. Big fan of microShift and Box.

DAINTY DRIVETRAIN USER AND AM PROUD interesting take, I’ve enjoyed my shimano 11/12spd setups. Both do require chains more frequently than I’d like though.. Miss u!!😘

I have a Microshift XTR 10 speed groupset on my Decathlon triban 120 gravel and it works great. It's so refreshing to see a company shun the usual "corporate bollocks" when they talk to consumers...

I've got a box 1 11 speed drivetrain and it's straight. No problems. If put advent on any bike I have too

How about a video showing how the advent x works with a hybridized shimano setup. That way it is possible to enjoy the fantastic shifting qualities of shimano's best 10 speed era sti's....As an example, I recently "de-volved" both my mtb and X bikes from 11spd to the microshift cassette w/shimano 10 speed shifter and derailleurs: To be specific: Saint shifter w/Deore m6000 10spd derailleur, and the awesomeness of Advent's 11-48 cassette. Fantastic results!

Maybe they never heard of Eli Whitney and interchangeable parts from like 200 years ago.

nice video sir, still waiting for this two S companys to bend and make their own 9 speed clutched derailleur groupset.

So I got this barely used Sunrace MZ90 12spd cassette for the price of a 12pk of beer. I've been doing research on derailleurs and shifters and I'm starting to think I may just go with the Advent X groupo. My bike has a 9spd and converted to a 1x with and oval chain ring so I think this would be a decent upgrade. Great video!

I just built my dream bike with a brand new 10 year old 10spd group set for all those reasons.

and now they have 8 speed with a clutch. Or at least its on the way. lol still cant find advent X stuff would like to have it. I have advent on my wife's bike and its nice. plus the have sweet thumbies and bar end shift options.

love the intro!

You should build a chain out of quick links. It’s would be heavy and expensive!

minute 01.06 it seems a really good broom that one

Im gunna need to give this microshift a shot man!!!! Im digging my box components 11speed on my fatty Running this picky sram 12speed is nice having the eagle gear but man is it picky.. maybe i just need a professional tuneup but it shouldn’t be this hard to make it run right!!! For farts sake man i built choppers and hotrods from the ground up!!!!!!

i just farted

Ive been looking at Advent and Advent X groups for months now. Still not sure I am ready to move away from Shimano. I like having the option to do so however!

Cycling wisdom.👍

try the sride groupset

While I absolutely agree that it is good to see these cheaper and possibly less finicky options become available, I have to also say that the current drivetrains from Sram and Shimano are both VERY durable. I have been mountain biking for over 20 years now and have never had less drivetrain failures than in recent history. I used to wear out chains on road bike in about 1000-1500 miles and now I'm closer to 2500 miles, on the mountain side I couldnt get more than 500 miles out of a chain without it exploding in some catastrophic way, not a single one of my 11 or 12 speeds have failed. Every time I have seen a 11 or 12 speed chain fail its been to poor installation (not saying they dont fail and I know there was a supply of bad material recently)

this video was really well made, my 12 speed shifts like shit

Best video ever! I'm torn now: I really want to sub, but I also want to see that 100% quick link chain🤣. (BTW, I just installed AdventX on my Ragley. Love it.)

So, like, "Ride Reasonably Priced, Reasonably Adjustable Bikes"?

I like Microshift, but as long as OEMs don't spec it out of the box, the fact that: 1. the derailleur may or may not with with shimano shifters 2. the shifter+derailleur may or may not work with a 11-26 cassette CS HG9 makes the upgrade path fairly expensive who's just trying to upgrade from something like Sora to Advent for the clutch derailleur and wider cassette range. That is, until something goes mechanically wrong with the Sora shifter to justify the expense of a Advent shifter set.

Bravo , bravo good sir !! I’ll take function for 40% OFF

I really wanted the Microshoft Advent groupset for my MTB... but it never was in stock. So I bought the deore m5120 RD and a sunrace 11-42 casette. Love it.

Genius. Entire chain made of quick links. You never have to carry a chain tool again.

Interesting

When is the next episode of ACN?

Less expensive, more reliable, durable and modular. Thats all we want from the bike industry. Not 1000 dollar balance bikes. They should be trying to replace cars not emulating the cost and waste. Good chat.

The only problem with microShift is that they don't have any stock. And their products are slightly expensive for what they are.

Agreed 👍

I think I'll be going with microshifts acoylite 8 speed with an archer dx1 trail

hey man how about the acolyte? planning on buying those but cant seem to find much reviews

I've been looking for a video of a chain with all quick links...

Word!