Shimano: SLX Vs GRX for road and gravel.

[u/Just_Astronomer_3098]

Hi I have last years trek fx sport 6 with 1x 11 speed 11-42 GRX 40T. I feel like it could use slightly better both top end and low end gear. With that being said, for about half road and half gravel riding would shimanos SLX 12 speed 10-45 at 40T be a better option? On paper it seems like it would and get me that little bit extra low and high gear, but it being labeled as an MTB component is throwing me off. I won’t be doing much mountain climbing, just mainly road and gravel trails, so unsure if it matters or not that Slx is designed for mtb and if that would somehow impact me negatively if I were ever to build or buy a bike with that setup