IIRC the default position is already as close as they can get. You can only get them further away from the handlebars. At least that's what i've heard. Given how small the shifters are the lever reach seems rather high unfortunately.

Yes, just checked and it is at its closest position. Bummer. I have an other bike with GRX600 at home, and that at is furthest position is still one cm closer to the handlebar than the gex with its closest. The grx set to its closest is almost 3 cm closer, so there is way more range there. Honestly I fail to see why would anyone need higher lever reach than the closest on the GeX, so seems like a weird range to me.

Finally received mine as well, and was able to go to a ride today. Setup experience is not the best, the shifter cover is ridiculously hard and the explanations in the manual/app not really helpful, but with the help of forum posts and youtube videos I was able to set it up perfectly, though I did have to play around with the fine tuning a bit. Braking performance and shifting is really good. The hoods feel comically small, not necessarily bad, but definitely something that I need to get used to.(and my hands are not exactly big) Overall I really like it, especially that I was able to get it from aliexpress around 410 euros.

The groupset is packed and shipped out now. The whole shipping, packaging etc. comes out to 47€. In addition to the 345€ i've paid so far i am at 392€ for the whole groupset. I could have optimized a little further by not shipping the whole packaging etc. but i didn't want the groupset to get damaged in transit.

I guess import taxes depend on luck and not included in this price, right? I bought mine on aliexpress, that after coupons(there is almost always a sale going on, now you can get it for 447 usd which is 409 eur)was 460$ which is 421 eur. A little bit more I guess, but thats fine(whether I will get taxes or not I don't know, the package is in europe but I have not received it yet). In my opinion 500 euros should be the price of the gex from the official store, otherwise as a new build it doesn't make sense to go with the gex for 600 euros when you can get an apex xplr groupset with a chain and cassette for 700 euros from bike-discount.de

Help with gearing?

I'm confused by Wheeltop saying minimum cog "10-11t". Does that mean 10t may have issues? Anyone with specific experience?

I'd like to get the additional occasional speed of 10t based on my browing of gear calculator. The 10t-45t shimano cassettes look good to me (even though I need microspline wheels), or there are 10-46t XD cassettes.

Better to be safe and stick with 11t?

I asked a similar question from wheeltop and they said that 10-44, 10-45 is absolutely fine, they had compatibility issues on some frames with 10-52 but not with 11-52. So I guess it is more of a capacity thing on the extreme ends, but you should be good with 10-45 according to them.

I don’t understand what’s the point with wheeltop gx, it comes for 600€ in EU, I just bought a sram rival axs 1x12 for 580€, same components. Yes the GX supports more gears and larger sprockets (…and I don’t care) but rival works very well out of the box, it’s reliable, waterproof and thoroughly tested. Should not wheeltop reduce prices?

Where did you buy it from for that price? I am looking for groupsets, and kinda set on the gex, and I can't seem to find a rival axs for that low anywhere, not even on ebay, etc.