Oh, I am all ready to talk about 1X, even though my 1X is really a 1X with a granny for hypothetical but so far never experienced tough situations. I mean the 42/28 X 14-15-16-17-18-19-20-22-24-28 on my Matthews custom dirt road bike. This gives me a high of 86 gi, a low on the 42 of 43 gi, with a range on the 28 of 50 gi down to 29 gi.
My terrain is either flat north-south, parallel to el rio grande, with sand up to 3" deep (it gets deeper, but if it's deeper than 3", it's walking time), or rolling-to-hilly terrain to the west and to the east, between West Mesa and the Sandias, paved. The 1-tooth-gap cruising ratios from 75" down to 60" are very sweet when one has to adjust for little changes in incline and surface (though, to be ruthlessly honest, my finickiness in this regard is mostly theoretical; when I ride, I use mostly the 70, 67, 63 inch gears on the level, depending on wind and sand, with, elsewhere, 75 for downhills and perhaps 60 or 54 for climbing. I suppose that the greatest limitation is the low "high" gear, but I'm so used to riding fixed that 86 gi seems like a great deal of extra gravy. And I can climb our steepest hills with a 40 lb load on a bad day in a 29" gear. I shift with Suntour bar end shifters, and the 10 cogs and the 2 rings use about 50 to 60% of lever travel. They shift old 8-speed era derailleurs; with modern Microshifts, say, shifting would be even more precise, but even these archaic components shift very smoothly and precisely over 10, though you need more care than with 9. (My cassette is made from miscellaneous 10, 9, 8, and even 7 speed cogs from my box, with Miche 10 speed spacers.) Believe me, if you are used to the fixed-in-concrete ratios of a 8 speed hub gear, you'll find 9, let alone 10 swappable cogs a real delight. Patrick Moore, who is dreaming about a new hub geared road bike with Sturmey Archer AM hub. On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 11:01 AM, Chris Birkenmaier <cbirken...@gmail.com> wrote: > Was wondering if anyone here has tried this kind of set up on one of Riv's > more roadish bikes? I have a Soma San Marcos with the typical 2 chain > rings and was kind of thinking of trying a 1X. I had a Surly Krampus with > a 1X. If you do have this set up what are your components and do you like > it? My area is flat to rolling hills mostly so I don't have to slay any > mountains. I have most of my other bikes set up (even the Riv's) with an > Alfine 8 so I don't think I would feel like I'm too limited with > enough gearing options. Its attractive to me as I tend to prefer simple > set ups in general - hence all the IGHs in the stable. > > -- > 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- *30% Supply and Demand discount, listmembers only, on all resume, LinkedIn, and writing services, until Demand equals Supply! And there's more! 10% kickback for any referral resulting in fully paid, list-price contract. Email for details.* Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
