I recently installed Sword brifters on a Poseidon X and shortly thereafter realized that I lost the barrel adjustment when I put the new levers on. This video just came in clutch and I ordered an inline barrel adjuster for the rear derailleur, thank you!
Will be looking forward to this, as I am looking to upgrade / refresh my Triban RC520 to make it a bit more gravel lite (all road?). Saw the Sword range and will be pricing when it's out. In the meantime I'll be checking in to see how it all goes.
Great to hear your comments on the user interface on these highly touted parts. Like the barrel adjustment loss and the brake lever tightening bolt placement. I've always preferred tightening bolts that are accessible along the side of the brake lever housing. For the price and performance they look promising. I'll keep watching to see how it all works out
Live To Play Sports is listing the Sword group as Advent X compatible. Of course, I'll want to play with some Wolf Tooth derailleur extensions and see what else these brifters can rock with...
I would love to know if the 9S clutch derailleur from MS is compatible with the classical shimano Tora brifter cable pull ratio...If you have any clue on that, i'm curious ! Great video, very informative as usual ! Thanks !
Any insights on braking performance with the Microshift sword brifters? It’s my one main issue with the Poseidon Redwood Advent-X dropbar brakes that I’m hoping sword could assist with
I've connected an AdventX rear shifter to a Shimano 10sp XT rear derailleur and it operated that perfectly--a Shimano 10sp mtb shifter should operate the adventX RD (and Sword by extension) equally well. I haven't used a front shifter in maybe 10 years, sorry can't help you there
Random question. I am considering an ambition x but it has QR . Are thru axles really that much better? Are quick release really as dangerous with disc brakes as everyone says?
I just realosed I have zero brand loyalty to Shimano. I'm gonna give Microshift a spin. And other than LTwoo and the others, Microshift has their components on name brand bikes right now.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I feel like Microshift is better value for the same range components. E.g a similar price Shimano cassette is way heavier than Microshift.
Nice Microshift has become the king of mullet drivetrains. The Advent X derailleur looks like it could do with a small tweak with a barrel adjuster included in a new design. 😎🇦🇺👍
Microshift has a barrel adjuster on both Advent and Sword groupsets. In this test setup however they use the new Sword brifters, which doesn't have a barrel adjuster because the Sword RD has one, and combine it with the Advent RD, that doesn't have a barrel adjuster because the Advent brifters do.
I wonder why Sensah and Ltwoo are so ahead of Microshift, because they entered the market earlier and have been installed on European branded budget models for a long time, but when others are already making hydraulic and even electronic shifters, Microshift has just learned to hide the shift cable?
You seriously use a torque wrench on your brifters? OCD much? Don't work on bikes enough that your hands don't know what's suitable tightness for this particular bolt?
Crashed my Advent X equipped bike and blew up the right shifter, glad I found this video since it reminded me I'd need an in-line barrel adjuster!
Thank you for trying this out!
Thank you for testing this out! I have an X and was wondering the same thing, good to know!
I recently installed Sword brifters on a Poseidon X and shortly thereafter realized that I lost the barrel adjustment when I put the new levers on. This video just came in clutch and I ordered an inline barrel adjuster for the rear derailleur, thank you!
That inline barrel adjuster is pretty nifty. Especially if you're working on older bikes.
Will be looking forward to this, as I am looking to upgrade / refresh my Triban RC520 to make it a bit more gravel lite (all road?). Saw the Sword range and will be pricing when it's out. In the meantime I'll be checking in to see how it all goes.
Sounds good. Real review coming soon
The are specific adapters which can be placed at the end of a cable housing available. You should use one of those instead of a barrel one.
Well done sir 👍... Love videos of this sort.
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Great to hear your comments on the user interface on these highly touted parts. Like the barrel adjustment loss and the brake lever tightening bolt placement.
I've always preferred tightening bolts that are accessible along the side of the brake lever housing.
For the price and performance they look promising. I'll keep watching to see how it all works out
This is the test we have all been waiting for. Although, for the price, it might be worth it to just get the new rear mech as well.
I might do this upgrade on my Gestal X10
Live To Play Sports is listing the Sword group as Advent X compatible. Of course, I'll want to play with some Wolf Tooth derailleur extensions and see what else these brifters can rock with...
I would love to know if the 9S clutch derailleur from MS is compatible with the classical shimano Tora brifter cable pull ratio...If you have any clue on that, i'm curious !
Great video, very informative as usual ! Thanks !
Any idea if the brifters would work with a Shimano M5120?
Any insights on braking performance with the Microshift sword brifters? It’s my one main issue with the Poseidon Redwood Advent-X dropbar brakes that I’m hoping sword could assist with
So much better. Review video soon
Thanks for helpfull video!)
I want to build a budget flatbar 2x, any idea trigger shifters will work with sword
I've connected an AdventX rear shifter to a Shimano 10sp XT rear derailleur and it operated that perfectly--a Shimano 10sp mtb shifter should operate the adventX RD (and Sword by extension) equally well. I haven't used a front shifter in maybe 10 years, sorry can't help you there
Do you think it will work with the 9 gear derailure
How many cogs can each shift do in their total throws?
One harder, two easier i believe
this might be a dumb question, but is this compatible the other way around? like an advent x brifter with sword rear derailleur?
Cool. I have that same color and a blk one. I love posiden. I'm ready for Sword. Everything is worn out.
Random question. I am considering an ambition x but it has QR . Are thru axles really that much better? Are quick release really as dangerous with disc brakes as everyone says?
They aren’t dangerous at all if installed properly. You can always cover to qr later with this bike
Not dangerous necessarily but I've had frequent rotor alignment problems on QR just from the torque you put on the drivetrain on climbs.
Nice one!
Does it have same cable pull ratio as Shimano MTB group? It would be cool if these brifters can shift 10s Deore stuff.
Seems like it. Advent x is using shimano standards
Any word on date of availability?
Not sure. Hopefully soon
I just email them, it will be ship worldwide on October
I just bought AdventX just in case they got extinct in few years! I think Sword going to cut all the nonsense pricing on other groupset! *pun intended
I just realosed I have zero brand loyalty to Shimano. I'm gonna give Microshift a spin. And other than LTwoo and the others, Microshift has their components on name brand bikes right now.
Wow, also just realised Mircoshift is more expensive than Shimano.
Haha really?
Correct me if I'm wrong but I feel like Microshift is better value for the same range components. E.g
a similar price Shimano cassette is way heavier than Microshift.
Nice
Microshift has become the king of mullet drivetrains. The Advent X derailleur looks like it could do with a small tweak with a barrel adjuster included in a new design.
😎🇦🇺👍
did he just brake using hand lol
Microshift losses one grade for the lack of a barrel adjuster.
It’s on the RD now
Microshift has a barrel adjuster on both Advent and Sword groupsets. In this test setup however they use the new Sword brifters, which doesn't have a barrel adjuster because the Sword RD has one, and combine it with the Advent RD, that doesn't have a barrel adjuster because the Advent brifters do.
I wonder why Sensah and Ltwoo are so ahead of Microshift, because they entered the market earlier and have been installed on European branded budget models for a long time, but when others are already making hydraulic and even electronic shifters, Microshift has just learned to hide the shift cable?
You seriously use a torque wrench on your brifters? OCD much? Don't work on bikes enough that your hands don't know what's suitable tightness for this particular bolt?