Category: Components

I’ve been riding the new 12-speed Shimano GRX groupset for a few months now, so I have a good feel for how it performs in real world riding conditions.

Overall, I was really pleased with these components. Especially with the brake calipers

But…..WTB didn’t screw up a classic either. If that matters to you, you can probably count on liking the newer Silverado just fine.

I will say this handle bar is really nicely made and it has a good amount of sweep which may help you ride further in more comfort…

MaxHit Shimano-style outboard bearing bottom bracket? All day, every day. I’m sold.

Now, this Silverado, well……I was skeptical.

I guess I didn’t really think much about the bars and how they felt until I stopped briefly and leaned on the bars a minute. “Hmm…. These do have a bit of ‘give’ to them, don’t they?”

The Wilde Bike Co’s newest handle bar is a handsome piece that should be a great fit for bike packing or flat bar gravel use.

For the launch of its second-generation GRX groupset, Shimano has focused on evolution, and on giving riders more choices. They didn’t need a revolution, as the existing 11-speed groupset was, and is, excellent in almost every way.

Okay, so looking at this thing, the new Silverado, and then looking at the old Silverado, well, it is almost comical. That silly looking thin, long nose on the old one seems out of place now.