This is interesting. Last Saturday, I caught up with a rider on a climb out of Muir Beach and he was riding one of the latest carbon wonder bikes - a 3T. Yes, the same company that makes those stems and handlebars now makes framesets! Apparently, 3T thing is to offer a 1x drivetrain. They claim you can save something like 400 grams over a normal double drivetrain. Whatever.
When I caught up with the guy, I asked him about using the 1x drivetrain on the road. I know it is becoming the big deal off-road, but I hear/read people blast it for road riding. This guy said he loved it! He had a 42t chainring and a 10x42 11 speed rear cassette. He told me that although he was out of shape, when he gets "in-shape" he's going to swap the 42t out for a 46t?! Yow, 46x10 high gear?! Since I was on my Trek Madone with etap, I'm wondering if he said that to show me that he's not a "poser..." Lol! Personally, whatever works for you is what's right. A lot of my friends have switched not only to a "compact" crankset 50/34, but have also gone to an 11-32 11 speed cassette in the rear. So much for being "racers!" Good Luck! On Monday, August 20, 2018 at 4:10:42 PM UTC-7, Benz, Sunnyvale, CA wrote: > > The guard sold with the Silver Wide/Low crank should support up to a 40T > chainring. Even with a 40T big ring, the jump to/from a 24T small ring is > still 16T, which is usually the recommended max spread (e.g., 50/34). > > As for whether a 38T big ring is enough, you need to figure that for > yourself. You need to consider both the physical as well as the mental > aspects of this question. > > For example, my 26” wheeled Atlantis has a 40x12 tall gear, and I spin out > easily on the local hilly terrain. I’ve thought about changing it out for a > bigger gear, but I’ve since learned to coast contentedly, meaning I learned > to let go of trying to be the “Fastest possible downhill”, at least on my > Atlantis. > > It’s also funny going to my Atlantis from my other higher geared bikes, > because I feel like Superman spinning up its biggest gear. Of course I’m > going significant slower but it’s still nice to feel the downtube shifter > clunk into the highest gear on the flats. -- 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.
