Final summer season TRP & Categorised confirmed us their distinctive Vistar Powershift wi-fi digital highway and gravel bike groupset, the place you successfully get a 1x 15-speed or 16-speed drivetrain. It combines a tightly-spaced 12-speed TRP cassette shifted by a wi-fi digital Vistar rear derailleur over Categorised’s 2-speed internally-geared Powershift hub to create a digital 15 and even 16-speed drivetrain that appears and features like a 1x setup.
And now, it’s lastly obtainable and transport out to the primary patrons…
TRP + Categorised Vistar // Powershift digital 1×15/16sp group
On the skin, the TRP + Categorised Vistar Powershift setup seems like a reasonably standard 1×12 dropbar drivetrain. However because of the 2-speed planetary gear discount hidden contained in the hub, there are, the truth is, 15 or 16 distinctive gearing mixtures. With TRP’s wi-fi digital dropbar shifters, you get two shifting choices. You both manually shift sequentially by way of the 24 combos (it’s actually a 2×12 drivetrain in spite of everything), simply as when you had a entrance derailleur.
Or you should use Vistar’s good QuantumShift perform for 15 or 16 “intelligently sequenced gears” that the groupset robotically cycles by way of as you faucet the 1x-style shifters with out having to fret about 2x shifting mechanics.
Tech particulars
Vistar Powershift successfully is available in two variations: both 1×15 for gravel or 1×16 for highway – both of which TRP & Categorised declare are the widest gear vary obtainable in the marketplace
digital 1x 15-speed gravel groupset
gravel 44-48T 1x chainrings and 11-36 & 11-40T cassettes for as much as 520% gearing vary
digital 1x 16-speed highway groupset
highway 50 or 52T 1x chainrings and 11-30, 11-32 & 11-34T cassettes for as much as 450% gearing vary
CNC-machined metal monoblock cassettes, particular to the Powershift rear hub
on the spot Powershift 2-speed hub shifting beneath full load – 1:1 to 1:0.686 gear ratio
QuantumShift well coordinates inside hub gear modifications with rear derailleur shifts to supply logical, sequential gear shifts and clean cadence steps throughout all the gear shifting vary (in contrast to standard 2x drivetrains)
TRP CMD wi-fi ANT+ & Bluetooth LE communication protocol for seamless management of the Powershift hub and different paired equipment
detachable rechargeable battery for TRP Vistar wi-fi rear derailleur, with proprietary USB-C charger (rated for 10k shifts)
2x replaceable LR44 batteries within the bar finish management unit (not rechargeable)
TRP Vistar shifters are wired to the bar-end controller
micro-USB rechargeable battery in Powershift Good thru-axle controller
all batteries ought to be put in a deep-sleep mode when touring along with your bike
trusted mineral oil TRP hydraulic disc braking
carbon TRP Vistar crankset – 165, 170, 172.5 & 175mm crankarm lengths
TRP Categorised Vistar // Powershift – Pricing, choices & availability
The brand new TRP Categorised Vistar // Powershift groupset is lastly obtainable to shoppers after a year-long tease. An entire groupset sells for $2900 / 2800€.
That features a set of TRP Vistar wired shifters, hydraulic disc brakes & wired-in bar finish controller, the wi-fi digital rear derailleur, carbon 1x crankset with chainring & 12-speed cassette of alternative for highway or gravel. Moreover, it consists of the internally-shifting Categorised Powershift hub and Good thru-axle to be constructed into your customized rear wheel. And once more, then, your alternative of highway or gravel.
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