Fat bikes are also pushing for single chain rings due to tire clearance issues. Few fat bikes ship with triples because they'd require a very wide crank to clear the fat rear tire. Surly's MWOD is an offset double (basically uses the two outer rings of a triple) to ameliorate clerance problems.
I just bought a fatbike (Specialized Fatboy) and am very happy with the 2x10 setup. 36/22 rings with 11-36 cassette. 1 x 11 would be OK, but I'm a large mammal and will appreciate the granny ring this winter and for technical stuff. I love triples; my Riv has a Campy Racing Triple crank, my Schwinn KOM has the original XT M730 Biopace triple, and my 26" MTB has a triple crank too. For me, triples shift best with friction (Campy Ergos are friction for the front and easier to trim than Shimano STI). On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Joe Bernard <[email protected]> wrote: > I think triples are swell for street riding in hilly areas, but I imagine > a wide-range-rear single-front-ring setup is the bee's knees for dirt > racers and people who ride like them. Which is the market > a stupid-expensive XTR part is aimed at. They'll sell a ton of them. > > > On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 8:28:31 AM UTC-7, Matthew J wrote: >> >> To each his own as long as front derailleurs don't go extinct or even get >> hard to find. I don't want to use a stick. >> >> Not likely this would happen. Ebay is full of high quality NOS Shimano, >> Campy, and even Suntour friction front ders. >> >> Lot of indexed out there as well. Of course depending on your bike shop >> it may be hard to get perfectly good but outdated index if their tied >> vendors are making them return in order to get the latest. But then those >> returned stuff wind up with Ebay sellers as well. You can usually find >> what you want. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
