Shimano now have a 'Gravel' groupset.

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Re: Shimano now have a 'Gravel' groupset.

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99percentchimp wrote: Sun May 19, 2019 11:43 am
Interested in the possibility of the shifters and brakes from this groupset, running with an XT drive train.... 2x 10 or 2x11... to get a more load carrying/hill terrain focussed set up? Any one think this might be possible (mechanical not Di2)?
Rear GRX mechanical mech is road pull, so GRX shifters will not work with an 11speed XT rear mech (unless using one of those cable pull modification devices)
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Re: Shimano now have a 'Gravel' groupset.

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Today I demoed a Trek "gravel" bike. The drivetrain was basically Shimano 105. The only concession to anything "off-road" was that the cassette was 11-34. :roll: Chainset was standard road compact 50/34. Felt like standard road handlebars as well. Didn't feel like what I'd expect of a gravel bike, more a road bike that you might take along a canal towpath.

The shop's rep reckoned the GRX groupset would be on next year's bikes so should appear September time.
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Re: Shimano now have a 'Gravel' groupset.

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My sequoia (circa 2017 iirc) had a sunrace 11-36 (have since fitted sram of the same ratio) and an fsa sub-compact chainset
Worked ok for gravel and roadpacking

The GRX sub-compact chainset looks interesting, even if it does mean a new front mech.

It is unfortunate that most gravel bikes seem to becoming fashion over function and going 1x
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whitestone wrote: Sun May 19, 2019 5:57 pm The shop's rep reckoned the GRX groupset would be on next year's bikes so should appear September time.
I suspected as much, should be interesting to see
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Re: Shimano now have a 'Gravel' groupset.

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Asposium wrote: Sun May 19, 2019 6:03 pm
The GRX sub-compact chainset looks interesting, even if it does mean a new front mech.
I'm currently looking at the Miche Graff cranksets.
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Re: Shimano now have a 'Gravel' groupset.

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Thanks for the input all.... I'll put my thinking cap on...

Thanks for the links to the Shiftmate stuff too - not come across that before as a solution.
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