PromptCritical 

Anyone tried MicroNew components?

Looks like a potential replacement for older hard to find shifting components.

freeranger

I have NOT used any MicroNew components, but my wife's road bike (3x9) currently has a Microshift front derailleur and it works just fine. From what I have read, they are not the same company- Micronew is made in China and Microshift is made in Taiwan.

PromptCritical 

Thanks, Interesting and disappointing....

Just the front derailleur? Not the shifter?

MilhouseJ

MicroNEW is a knockoff of MicroSHIFT, and the components are of inferior quality. DO NOT be persuaded by the lower price point.

PromptCritical 

Thanks! One of the beauties of buying from Amazon. Back they go!

bboy314

2 different brands so it’s kind of a moot point. Ad usual, you get what you pay for.

Hondo6

Same here. MicroShift has publicly stated that MicroNew is a different company, the products are not the same, and has indicated that MicroNew is counterfeiting Microshift designs.

https://www.microshift.com/faqs/ (see the question regarding MicroNew and Microshift being the same)

https://www.bikeforums.net/bicycle-m...-micronew.html (see comments to 2nd linked article)

tiger1964 

Thanks for letting me know BEFORE I did a search for MicroNew.

freeranger

Yes, just the front derailleur. The shifter is Shimano brake/shifter--Tiagra from 2006 (don't know model number).

Trav1s

I have Microshift Centos 11 shifters on my 730 Multitrack and I am happy with performance for the price. Not quite as nice as the Shimano equiv. but half the cost and 95% of the functionality.

Trakhak

Don't know anything about their other products, but I have a Micronew 10-speed brake/shifter pair on my main road bike. I got tired of trying to coax the original Ultegra set to shift reliably and didn't feel like going through the elaborate degreasing procedure, which I've read doesn't always solve the shifting problems.

I prefer the Micronew shifting action to the Ultegra by a wide margin. Very positive-feeling shift, with a fairly loud click. The mechanism is very simple and robust-looking compared to the Ultegra no-user-serviceable-parts-inside construction, which would probably require the skills of a watchmaker to fix.

It's possible that some of their other components aren't as good as these shifters, but there's no reason to believe their Chinese origin means they're inherently inferior to Taiwan-made components. Many Taiwan-based companies have their components manufactured in China these days.

philbob57

Don't worry - the major brand search engines return Micronew when you search on Microshift. My DuckDuckGo SE doesn't.

When I last checked a couple of months ago, I couldn't find what I wanted in Microshift in stock. It was Micronew or Tourney or stick with what I had. YMMV, but unexpected contraints can obstruct anyone who wants to buy Microshift.

Camilo

FWIW, I have a Microshift 1X9 Advent on a gravel bike. Works perfectly even though it's lower-end Microshift. I greatly prefer the shifting ergonomics of Microshift to Shimano, although my first choice is Sram, but barely, now that I've tried Microshift.

Welshboy

In summary;

11-speed shifters - Good

11-speed RD - Trash

veganbikes

Better summary don't buy knockoffs especially not knockoffs of Microshift which does make some decent stuff but is a lower tier company compared to Shimano, SRAM, Campagnolo..,

Camilo

I have a Microshift Advent 1X system - shifters, derailleur and cassette. I think it shifts as well or better than Shimano and the design/ergonomics of the shifting is - to me - heads and shoulders better than Shimano. I would definitely buy it in the future over Shimano just because of the design which avoids using the long throw brake lever shift.

PromptCritical 

MicroShift and MicroNew are NOT the same thing. MicroNew is a crap knockoff.

tkamd73 

I bought the 2 x 7 MicroNew brake/shift levers from Soma, to replace the broken Shimano Ultegra ones on a Series 5 Paramount that I was rebuilding a few years ago. I could not find a decent set of used Shimano ones, and everyone was sold out of the MicroShift 2 x 7s, this was at the height of Covid. So I gave the MicroNews a shot, knowing fully well what they were, as I really had no choice, wanting to finish the bike. It’s been 3 years, and so far so good, they work great!
Tim

Camilo

Yeah i know. There was some thread morphing going on, including comparing Microshift to Shimano directly prior to my comment. I probably should have quoted it.