Hey, so I have started my Gravel build, or started buying parts. I plan the following, with a number of questions:
- Waltly Ti frame - I'm going with their standard 2022 gravel frame. My main decision now is cabling:
- all external cables - easy maintenance
- all internal cables
- external gear cables with internal brake hoses
- Lun Grapid 650b wheels with 2.1 Btway tires - Already purchased
- 1x drive train, but here is the issue. I would like mechanical gears with hydraulic brakes, however, looking at Sensah and Ltwoo they don't have hydraulics yet.
I like the idea of the Sensah shifting, not too sure about the Ltwoo thumb shifting - personal preference, I'm coming from Shimano
Looking at some options: - Go with cable actuated hydraulic brakes, eg. Juin GT-F because Sensah and Ltwoo don't offer hydraulic.
- I see Sensah SRX Pro 1x12 groupset on Aliexpress but didn't know Sensah had a 12 speed gravel groupset - anyone tried this or can vouch for it?
- I see Ltwoo have Gravel groupsets coming in 12 speed with hydraulic.....someone said ETA of September but I don't see anything
- Sensah I've seen mention hydraulic but by end 2022 - I don't want to wait 3 months
I'm interested in people thoughts about the 'external' v 'internal', and which groupset and brakes to go for. 1x12 would be my preferred option