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Keen to give the new Advent X drive train a go after getting fed up of the lower end Sram offerings, anybody seen when/where this is available in the UK?
According to the Microshift website, these are their UK distributors:
Can't see it on the site.
I like the idea of it too. 'Only' 10 speeds, but the range of the 12 speed options.
I sent moorelarge an email last week but never received a response.
On Instagram they said stock was expected early may , don’t know what market that was for , it’s not on Moorelarge website.
I am also eagerly waiting on stock as it seems like a cheaper alternative to XT 12 speed
I also fancy this to replace the 2x10 on the xc full suss. Don't want to buy a microspline hub and this gives a larger range than Shimano 1x11. I could go NX but it's heavy and I've heard it a bit crap.
I managed to get an advent X drivetrain from bike24 in Germany which arrived last week. They seem to only have a few bits of advent X left now but look to have more in 6-8 days.
Have only had a couple of rides so far but pretty pleased. The cassette in particular is much nicer than the 9 speed advent.
A couple of things to think about though: The shifter has a band clamp mount only, has quite a blocky body and has short ish levers which I found hard to get to sit nicely with my brake lever (trip slate). I ended up needing to increase the gap between brake and grip and fitting shifter clamp in between to get a comfortable enough lever angle and position.
On a large 29er with 32t chainring I needed 120 links for max chainstay length. The only 10 speed chain I could find long enough was a kmc e bike chain. Most 10 speed chains are not designed for such a big cassette so are 114 or 116 links as far as I could see.