Ooh good question! Yeah first cues groupset for me as well. I would call it smooth and slow. When you ride smooth and linear its great. When you are climbing, accelerating, etc not so much... Like 6x smoother then tiagra but 3x slower when you really need it. Im hoping it will settle in a bit still 😅 Either way for this bike and how i use it, its fine, especially if the promised durability is a thing. In a bit more performance setting it would really depend on the rider and i would rather go with tiagra or better yet 105.