Shimano has largely turned away from producing high chain/tooth capacity 7/8/9-speed derailleurs and triple chainsets in favour of 10/11/12-speed technologies yet those earlier technologies do have their strengths and even some advantages. But as Shimano is no longer producing many of those earlier components there would be reasons to search for worthwhile replacements and it turns out that Microshift specializes in bicycle drivetrains and has been around since 1999 with component engineering, design and production facilities in Taiwan and China. I searched but the latest Microshift discussion here on Bike Forums was in January of 2017 when Shimano was still fully producing those earlier technologies before demoting them by early 2018 and then discontinuing many of them by early last year, 2021.

I have a few questions which I will get to but what are your experiences and thoughts about Microshift components?