While the two big drivetrain players take technological swings at each other, microShift has found a niche in the affordable drivetrain market. They have now released a new affordable 10-speed gravel groupset called Sword, the completely mechanical groupset is available in 1x and 2x setups and is likely to be the gravel groupset featured on a lot of future budget gravel bikes.
The new Sword drivetrain is a dedicated gravel groupset, unlike the microShift Advent X which is often used on affordable gravel bikes but is actually a mountain bike groupset that has compatible dropbar levers.
