[Closed] Chinese mtb groupsets

Have a bump mate.

Your thread got me looking at the above brands, mainly Sensah as Id never heard of these cheap Chinese groupset makers before!

Do Shimano / Sram not have a groupset to fit you budget?
However, please feel free to report on the performance ....

Not heard of them but the Microshift Advent 1x9 looks good, $125 but not sure if anywhere in the UK has them yet.

https://www.mbr.co.uk/news/microshift-advent-9-speed-384664

I saw that MS one, trouble is you can get 11 speed ‘groupsets’ (that’s a mech shifter and cassette for $125) for less...

I was looking at that Advent stuff as I would like to try the rear cassette on my 1 x 9 bimble bike.

id quite like the advent gruppo too - i dont need loads of gears. but i am slack so a less sensitive setup is right up my street!

SUNRACE CSM990 11t - 40t Mountain Bike Cassette 9 Speed for Shimano SRAM 425g

there is also this.

Don't sunrace do a gear set now.....

Yeah that Sunrace is quite cheap, but 2 moar tooth with the Advent....

Just to plug microshift, I've hit 11,000km on my 8 speed microshift groupset with no issues. Chain, cassette and crankset replaced (crankset by choice), but all else original. Still going strong.

Microshift are Taiwan I believe rather than mainland PR of China. I have a pair of their 9 speed bar end shifters which I prefer to the Shimano version. Both work equally well but I like the more positive clicks on the Microshifts. A bit cheaper as well.

Yes thats it. Am using microshift bar shifters at the moment - its good stuff!

Ok, I took the plunge and went for the Ltwoo AX 11 speed group
For €88 delivered I got:
11 spd Shifter, with cable
11 spd Rear mech
11-46 cassette
32t chainring
11 spd chain

Took about 3 weeks to arrive

Out of the box, all good, shifter is metal, rear mech looks fine
The only thing that threw me is that it comes with a goat link, which I hadn't copped when ordering
So this is basically a road mech

On fitting, the mech didn;t fit well to the goat link, had to add a washer to get a it to bolt up tight.
After this, fitted everything no problem

So how is it? When in 46 x 32, not good. Looks like there is too much play in the mech, meaning the chain is not traveling smoothly through the pulleys, rendering that gear almost unusable
Shifting through all other gears is fine

Other issue is that I have this on a 26er - and with the goat link the mech is waaaay to low/close to the ground in the high gears. i've no doubt it will be snapped off in no time

So- the verdict

Apart from the mech issue, the other bits all seem fine. So for €88 not bad, as those bits are worth that alone
I reckon I will keep the mech for a spare for my cx bike which is 1 x 11
I yet have to figure out which ratio the shifter is and whether its compatible with SRAM or Shimano XT for example - idea being that I'll just buy a NX or XT rear mech for the mtb and as I say keep the LTWOO mech as a spare for the cx

So all in all - I think the parts are decent, but the let down is that the mech is not a clutch mech designed specifically for mtb

Microshift UK distributers told me mid-June for getting Advent into this country.

I've used sunrace cassettes which actually look really good but it wasn't much cheaper than shimano. my main concerns are the quality of raw material and design.