I have two bikes set up with 1x11 drivetrains. They're both off-road specific rigs.
The first is a Surly Krampus with a Shimano SLX drivetrain. 11-46 cassette and a 26t Wolftooth narrow-wide chainring. It works flawlessly. I like not having to think about front shifting. The gear range may seem low, but this bike has 29x3" wheels, which are around 31" in diameter, so that raises the gearing quite a bit. I greared it down so I can spin up the steepest climbs. I do run out of higher gears on the rare occasions that I hit the pavement. Also, the gaps between the lowest few gears is quite large. The other bike is a Surly Ice Cream Truck fat bike with 26x5" tires. I'm running an 11-50 Sunrace cassette with the same SLX derailleur and shifter as the Krampus. I have to use a Wolftooth "GoatLink" to drop the derailleur down to clear the 50 tooth cog. This combo shifts OK when everything is tuned perfectly. One click either way on the derailleur cable adjuster, or a 1/8 turn on the B-tension screw, and it won't shift properly. The large gaps between the lowest few gears is obviously worse than on the 11-46 equipped Krampus. If I build another 1x bike, it will probably use Shimano 12-speed with a 10-51 cassette. I am not a fan of SRAM, so I will avoid it at all cost. For an all-rounder, I think a double or triple crankset is still the best way to get a good gear spread and reasonable jumps between gears. Chris On Sunday, March 22, 2020 at 12:15:58 PM UTC-4, Lithocarpus wrote: > > I’m considering setting up my MIT Atlantis with a 1x system and was > interested to know if anyone here has done this, what components you used, > and if the chain stay length caused any complications. So far, I’m > considering a 11x50 SunRace cassette, SRAM eagle GX derailleur, chain, and > trigger shifter, but am hoping to use my existing Silver crankset. It’s a > triple, but I think the middle chainring position would be aligned > correctly. If that crank works, I’d likely throw a guard on it. Long term, > I’m interested in a White Industries crankset, but that’s further down the > road. > > What are your experiences ? Attached image of the current set up. > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/29b3ed7e-138e-4bab-b42f-893e3526b6e0%40googlegroups.com.
