Final summer time TRP & Categorized 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 Categorized’s 2-speed internally-geared Powershift hub to create a digital 15 and even 16-speed drivetrain that appears and capabilities like a 1x setup.
And now, it’s lastly accessible and transport out to the primary consumers…
TRP + Categorized Vistar // Powershift digital 1×15/16sp group
On the surface, the TRP + Categorized Vistar Powershift setup seems to be like a fairly typical 1×12 dropbar drivetrain. However because of the 2-speed planetary gear discount hidden contained in the hub, there are, actually, 15 or 16 distinctive gearing mixtures. With TRP’s wi-fi digital dropbar shifters, you get two shifting choices. You both manually shift sequentially via 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 routinely cycles via 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 & Categorized declare are the widest gear vary accessible 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 neatly coordinates inside hub gear adjustments with rear derailleur shifts to supply logical, sequential gear shifts and easy cadence steps throughout the complete gear shifting vary (in contrast to typical 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 needs 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 Categorized Vistar // Powershift – Pricing, choices & availability
The brand new TRP Categorized Vistar // Powershift groupset is lastly accessible to customers 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 selection for highway or gravel. Moreover, it consists of the internally-shifting Categorized Powershift hub and Good thru-axle to be constructed into your customized rear wheel. And once more, then, your selection of highway or gravel.
