1X10 is it any good and worth it?
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I am sure the 2x9/10 would not work for me. I already did most trails on the middle ring, using exactly the full range of the 11-34 cassette. I just took the big and small ring off without noticing! In Italy I often ride on the the big ring on the road (up to the 11 rear) and on the really steep uphills off-road on the small ring (and using the 34 rear). In both cases I wouldn't have any thing better with a 2x setup. Maybe in Begium, were the hills are bit steeper then in Holland, but less the Italy, but to make a bike especially for that.....
Again, it fully depends on the terrain and how safe you want to be. A 3x setup will work everywhere, but if you mostly can do with 1x, if youcan't do it, you can always walk! I have to say you will learn to ride differently, more anticipating. Will I did my local trail a long time ago only on the granny ring, because of lack of power, I can now do a double round on my singlespeed (38/19)!
Again, it fully depends on the terrain and how safe you want to be. A 3x setup will work everywhere, but if you mostly can do with 1x, if youcan't do it, you can always walk! I have to say you will learn to ride differently, more anticipating. Will I did my local trail a long time ago only on the granny ring, because of lack of power, I can now do a double round on my singlespeed (38/19)!
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trxrincon":e58n8rc8 said:
Just like me so why limit your choice? I don't use the big ring much but am glad of it when I do. It's not like there's any major benifits dropping the big ring.
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Ground clearance and lack of a big sharp pointy-toothed thing to skewer your leg if you stack it? They were the reasons I swapped the outer ring for a bash.brocklanders023":14a1wztc said:
It's all pretty much horses for courses really, certainly with the new 10 speed cassettes going up to 36t it makes going 1 x 10 that much easier, personally I prefer a 2 x 9 set up for off road as the big ring is pretty much surplus to requirements & the extra ground clearance plus lack of teeth to shred your legs is a worthwhile benefit. Going single ring up front just doesn't have enough worthwhile benefits in my book & the lack of the low gears for hills, mud & other tricky terrain doesn't make much sense, seems more of a trend than of any practical advantage.
May not be many ratios lost but 32t cassette x 22t chainwheel = 18" gear, 36t cassette x 32t chainwheel = 23" gear, may not sound much but that is 29% difference in ratios (& a massive 45% difference if you stick with a 32t cassette!), so I'll keep my granny ring thanks.
May not be many ratios lost but 32t cassette x 22t chainwheel = 18" gear, 36t cassette x 32t chainwheel = 23" gear, may not sound much but that is 29% difference in ratios (& a massive 45% difference if you stick with a 32t cassette!), so I'll keep my granny ring thanks.
This whole thing gets discovered about every 15 years it seems. :roll:
Remember all those Cannondales with 29T inner doubles?
Now, I guess that with a 10 speed cassette you can go as low as a 3x7 and just as high. The only bad bit will be a nasty jump between rings for a 2x10.
If your bike does touring and also some road work, I would stick to 3x. If you always drive to a trail centre, then it's less necessary. Horses for courses I guess.
Remember all those Cannondales with 29T inner doubles?
Now, I guess that with a 10 speed cassette you can go as low as a 3x7 and just as high. The only bad bit will be a nasty jump between rings for a 2x10.
If your bike does touring and also some road work, I would stick to 3x. If you always drive to a trail centre, then it's less necessary. Horses for courses I guess.
P20":b6wpj61w said:
A good site to check out for this is Sheldon Brown's Gear Calculator.
say you've got a 3x9 steup on a 26" bike
22-32-44 up front and a 11-32 cassette
If you ran it as a 1x9, you'd lose the fastest 3 gears on the big chain ring, and the 3 slowest granny gears on the little one:
