I was ready to throw mine in the bin. Then I corrected the alignment of the derailleur hanger, and brought the B-gap down to 7mm. Shifting smooth AF.

Have it on a fat bike (hardtail) and a gravel bike. They are both working great. Although to be completly fair….Fat bike only comes out in the snow a few times in a year. Gravel bike is my fitness bike so maybe once a week. The bike that is seeing the most milage has SRAM GX.

When u back pedal , does your chain slips out of the smallest cog z? Just experiencing it from a all city space horse micro shift, take it to the shop smh

What size seat tube is that?

I'm a heavy rider so I use the steel cassette with zero noise. With two less gears than a 12 speed cassette the weight is still good PLUS there is a V.2 version of the Derailleur out .

I've had mine 3 years with no problems. Just a bit of cable stretch, which happens to everyone. Keep the cable lubed up at the bottom end and it last for ages. Lube the pins on the spider , last for ages. 12 speed groupset are just unnecessary and over the top. Of you regular maintain your bike it will loom after you. It's like a woman if you caress it then you will enjoy it😅

I agree with your experience. Worst groupset I've ever installed. The b screw was coming loose just shifting through gears while testing under load in my flat yard and road. Shifting was fast but clunky. I have 3 bikes with different shimano drivetrains that I indexed myself and work flawlessly, altus, deore, and zee. I immediately took the adventx off and put my old groupset back on. I agree with the cable angle and was wondering if that was okay...wouldnt want to find out while on the trail. Maybe I got sent a lemon.

Just curious is your camera mounted on the front of your helmet? I just recently got an action camera and have a chest mount, but just looking for different angles to try out thanks.

Hey man. What’s your route to get back to the top when you finish zingo? I felt stuck, each way said hiking only so I jumped on lochi then to the street really far away lol. First time looking for help for next time thanks And you are absolutely sick for shredding black gold lol you’re the man. So much harder than it looks

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That looks amazing! I might put this on my list, I also had an amazing time in Bentonville this past July! Thank you for this video 👏🏻👏🏻

Booring triails without any features..

Joe, you're not doing us Eeb riders any favors by featuring your buddies riding Eebs on trails they aren't allowed. It's unfortunate that Colorado is lagging so far behind the midwest in Eeb acceptance, but we gotta follow the rules or the vocal minority who hate gain a greater voice.

Nice vid. It was a pleasure meeting you last month at Angel Fire. Can’t wait to see that upload. Enjoy your time here in colorful CO.

Tried once on a hardtail, would not recommend. It is ok set for casual riding, but not for any kind of sport (eg every climb you need to downshift in advance). I saw almost brand new derailleur snapping on a climb when trying to keep up with Deore XT and SX.

E-bikes on Peaks? 😭

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Sounds like a honest review to me. I have one also and it’s been pretty good to me. But I did notice that the B-tension screw spacing needs to be a little shorter than Microshift suggests to shift into the spiny gears well and if you tighten the clutch a little too much, it’s really hard to shift into the spiny gears also. So if you want it to switch gears well you only have half a clutch essentially. Sounds like I’m complaining but I actually really like it and will get more of them down the road. I appreciate your review though

I'm super bummed about this. I was just looking to upgrade an old Specialized Epic with the Advent X. Curious that they route the cable to the further away portion of the clamping screw (I looked up the manual just to double check, and you did indeed set that up right). Seems that should be something their engineers would have realized. BTW was this the new Ver.2 derailleur or the original? P.S. I'm in Rogers if you really are going to get rid of it. I would totally love to see if chamfering the end of the housing or even welding and re-drilling the angle of that housing would improve that functionality. I know that's insanely unrealistic for most people, but I'm a curious person.

I DESPISE the GoPro effect. I can tell some of those features are much bigger than what the freaking camera portrays 😭😭😭

I ride it on a commencal meta sx, I'm sloppy, I ride technical downhill, and live in the capital of rock gardens... and I've never had any issues. I have years of experience with this set up. I use shimano optislick cables and a sram xx1 chain. I also never power wash my bike. I don't know anyone using this system for a hard tail... there are a ton of high end reviewers putting it through nightmarish tests.

I think this is a fair review. It's really great to have AdventX & Sword around, we need decent affordable options, and they punch above their price, but there's better options. Installed Sword on a bike and it was nice, but a bit fiddly to set up

I had one of these and the trigger on the shifter was REALLY stiff. Like you had to push so hard on the shifter it felt like you were going to break something. I checked and it was not the shifter, cable, and the derrailluer moved smoothly when i pushed it with my fingers.

Thakns for sharing, man. I have the Advent 9 speed on a hardtail. And every 80 miles sounds about right for a little derailer adjustment. Always assumed that was parte of tha game, specially on an mtb. Aside from that, it does what is supposed to.

I have 1x10 bar end shift on rando bike 2000+ miles, zero issues

let me guess, youve got an easier way but at a cost... clear tell your a scam artist and not a real enthusiast

Well you mentioned the performance deteriorated after about 80 MI and blamed it on the b screw. Do you know for sure that the b screw actually backed out? Because after an initial break-in cable tension changes and all that is required is to properly re-tension the cable. Is this more of a case of operator error and blaming the b screw on not just applying proper tension after break-in to the cable? Not saying that that is the case, but hearing you immediately talk about the b screw after a standard break-in required for the cables seems like a potential problem.

Hey Joe, Iove the compact video format. I can only agree. This May I rebuilt my daily hardtail with a full Advent X groupset combined with a Deore 10sp HG-chain and I've been riding it around for roughly 2500km on all kinds of terrain. Every 500km or so, it would have itself totally out of alignment without me being rough on it or whatsoever. Even if you tune it properly as the manual says on the bike stand, realistically while pedalling you could either have gear 4-10 at 100%, 1-7 at 100%, or 1-10 at only 80%. Some say that Deore chains are not perfectly suited, and some say it is due to the clutch mechanism which is inherently wonky, I can't verify any of them. But hey ho, I bought it at discount price for 80 Euros (normally it costs 160 or around $175). And I guess the price justifies it, as well as the fact that MicroShift is pretty new on the game. I actually look forward for the second or third generation of the MicroShift A-Series, hopefully they can get things done better :D

I’ve been riding this group set on a Pipedream Sirius for 4 years and it’s been flawless.

Putting this groupset on a full suspension bikes makes absolutely no sense. On a carbon one, even less so.

I have the Advent X on two different bikes. I haven’t had any major issues, the only thing is that it gets crunchy if you ride with mud generally. But the group set has been very solid otherwise.

Also what bike are you riding?

I have had an microshift acolyte (8 speed but pretty similar) for over a year in my hardtail with a 3 by! And no problems at all, very reliable and much better than a shitty shimano with a 36 tooth cassette.

Over 7000miles on advent X with none of your issues. Yes on a hardtail Steel Honzo but far from XC, I ride everything that all the full suspension guys do. Feel free to send the group to me its always good to have spares.

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Turkey mountain? You mean chicken hill? Broke back place?

Candyland. Bigger than my confidence lol! Met you there on the World Cup jump last weekend. Your videos are fun. Cheers man! Bryce Yeti 160

How did you purchase one of these bikes? I can’t seem to find them anywhere?

"Yeah!"

Where?

boomtown is one of my favorites, wildcat is also so fun!

No way. I've lived down the road for decades and had no idea. Awesome

I’m just finding your video and giggling a little bit! Not making fun, just letting you know in case you come back…. Chickalah is chi-KEE-la. Isn’t Nebo gorgeous??

I go every year when visiting Mother in Law on Thanksgiving. Wife grew up there. Need a guide to lead me though....just got a full sus.

If anyone on here runs these trails and wouldn't mind taking a beginner under their wing I'd love to go!

It's to bad they spent loads of money on the trails and the lack of maintenance is killing them.

Amazing park there. I wish we had some of those in France. It definitely reminds of the resorts I worked for in the Tahoe area back in the days.

why are these the top trails during Bike Fest?

wow! just moved to tulsa and had no idea about these trails. what an awesome surprise.

I was like, I swear I know the mountain and forgot it's in my hometown where I still live currently, nice video man.