Our 201st Collective Reward giveaway comes from the team at microSHIFT, who’ll be setting up one lucky winner with a reliable, value-packed Sword Black groupset. Get to know the brand’s venerable new nine-speed drop-bar group and support us for a chance to receive one here…

Continuing our latest round of Collective Rewards, through which we’ve given away hundreds of prize packages to the Bikepacking Collective members who make our work possible, we’re excited to team up with microSHIFT to offer one site supporter a complete microSHIFT Sword Black Groupset. That’s a roughly $325 value for our lucky winner, who can choose between a 1 x 9 or 2 x 9 configuration and other specs to suit their unique needs.

  • Microshift Sword Black Review
  • Microshift Sword Black Review

microSHIFT’s Sword Black is a wallet-friendly groupset that punches well above its price point. In their words, it offers bourgeois features at proletariat pricing. Boasting nine speeds with a wide range and 1x and 2x options, it boasts super comfortable hoods with great ergonomics, true versatility in its compatibility with other Advent/Sword groups, good looks that defy its reasonable cost, straightforward installation, easy serviceability, and more. It’s a no-nonsense alternative to the many costlier options on the market and provides reliable shifting and braking in an easy-to-use, ergonomically optimized package. What’s not to love? You can find a more detailed look at both Sword and Sword Black in the two-in-one review Neil and I published earlier this year here.

  • Microshift Sword Black Review
  • Microshift Sword Black Review
  • Microshift Sword Black Review
  • Microshift Sword Black Review
  • Microshift Sword Black Review

The full 1x Sword Black kit comes with shift/brake levers, two wide-range cassette options (11-42 or 11-46), a rear derailleur, and 40 or 42T cranks in 165mm, 170mm, 172.5mm, or 175mm lengths. The complete 2x groupset includes brake/shift levers, an 11-38 cassette, front and rear derailleurs, and 46/29 or 48/31 cranksets in 165mm, 170mm, 172.5mm, or 175mm lengths.

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