All of this list interest in 1 X n drivetrains; I'm intrigued. I'll be interested to hear how this compares to the 3Xn or 2Xn originals, particularly for somewhat technical riding -- ie, where you have to dump or gain large gear differences right away.
I just rode my '96 (Santa Cruz-built, please) Bontrager Race Lite in our nearby bosque trails, and a pleasant ride it was, too. But the immediately local soil is largely river silt: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosque). The relevance of this fact to the 1Xn thread is that this sort of terrain, flat but with frequent sections of very fine, sandy soil (as the weather warms and the soil dries it becomes more pulverulent - ahem! - nay, *very* pulverulent) -- with the trail surfaces alternating between hardpack and bogs of very fine sand 2 to 3 inches deep, you need to drop your gearing by a good 20" right away, to stay upright. The Bontrager's 3X9 handles this sort of thing quite well: I've customized my cassette so that in the cruising big ring 44, I have 55-59-65-69" adjacent gears in the middle of the cassette; dump the chain to the 32, and you lose almost 20 gi right away. Will a well considered 1X10 give you the nice, close flatland cruising gears, with bailouts just a flick or 2 away? On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 5:46 PM, Keith Muller <pharmer...@gmail.com> wrote: > So in my boredom at the bike shop I decided to put an XTR one-by setup on > my Hunqapillar. I also shed the fenders and rear rack and installed some > 2.3" tires for a little more offroad adventure. Next step is a few more > black parts. So far I like the simplicity of the setup and it has pretty > good gear range with the 36 tooth front ring and 11-42T 11-speed cassette. > > Keith > > -- > 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. > -- 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 ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- 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.
