Box Components enters the ring as David against not just one Goliath, but two! It takes a lot of courage to take on the two big "S" (Shimano & SRAM) with a new groupset. We put the challenger through its paces and naturally don't want to withhold our findings from you.

Are there alternatives to Shimano or Sram? Yes, for example Rohloff or Pinion. And the two "Big S" are no longer alone when it comes to systems with cassettes. The BMX specialist Box Components has brought its mountain bike gear system to series maturity and a Swiss distributor is at the start with the parts.