CUES has a 2x option. Eric who doesn't miss the front derailleur at all
On Sun, Apr 30, 2023 at 8:22 AM ascpgh <asc....@gmail.com> wrote: > Somewhere in the last two days I read something roughly this: "I tried to > ditch front derailleurs on my road bike but they just work so well." > Perhaps from one of the bike topic digest emails I get daily but oh so > true. I solved my FD needs on my newest 2x bike with an NOS SunTour Superbe > Pro from the mid '80s. Fit and worked better than all of the current FDs > from three makers. > > When I see the size of those cassettes and necessity for expensive > materials to keep their weight appropriate, RDs requiring clutches and > reduced compatibility of shifters, it rekindles the thought that my 2x road > drivetrains are pretty good. They are simple, elegant and yet > sophisticated, durable and light. Above all I am not perplexed by their > operation, adjustment or maintenance. i'm not going change what works for > me, the struggle to reach that point had many lessons both near and far > from home or a sag call. > > What seems simple (1x) sometimes comes with great complexity once details > start being ironed out. I'm not a fan of the complete component group > drivetrain sales to volume manufacturers targeting new or newer cyclists > being the driving standard. They are telling the experienced cyclist that > they don't matter to them. > > Shimano sales were down 17% in 2022, forecast to be down 22% in 2023. > How's that model working out for them? CUES is their response. Hope they > start considering the dedicated,, experienced cyclists a bit more. > > Andy Cheatham > Pittsburgh > > > > > On Sunday, April 30, 2023 at 1:04:45 AM UTC-4 Joe Bernard wrote: > >> I had a nice 1x and wanted slightly lower gears for some crazy hills >> around here, but didn't want to lose the already relatively low top end so >> mashed some parts together and this is the result. >> >> Starting point: SRAM Rival 1 (with clutch) rear derailer, I believe the >> largest cog this is supposed to handle is 42t. I added a Garbaruk cage and >> pulleys and it shifts a SunRace 11-50 11-spd cassette with a SRAM Apex >> trigger shifter. The front is a Sugino XD crank with 34t chainring. >> >> Ok what happens if I want double rings? The manufacturer stuff says I >> can't use a 1x derailer (I don't know why) so I thought I would cheat a >> little and make it kind of two 1x's by adding a 30t inner ring, Shimano >> Deore (DynaSys 10-spd double) FD and a Silver2 thumbshifter on the stem. It >> works! >> >> Ok it doesn't work completely fabulously yet, the downshift to the small >> ring doesn't always take and I still have some fiddling to do but overall >> the bike works well for me using all of the gears in the 30t plus grabbing >> the top 2 or 3 in the 34t on occasion, and sometimes just staying in the >> 34t like before. It's not a massive increase in gear range, I think of it >> as an expanded 1x. >> >> Does it make sense? I don't know, maybe this can be duplicated by ye old >> triple drivetrains with 11-36 cassettes but I don't like triples. I like >> this! >> >> Joe "tried to ditch front derailers, ended up with a front derailer >> again" Bernard >> >> [image: Screenshot_20230429_211431.jpg][image: >> Screenshot_20230429_211411.jpg] >> > -- > 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/785dee09-be3c-466f-b226-e1fa1c969401n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/785dee09-be3c-466f-b226-e1fa1c969401n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAHFNW5A2zDnkdP3%3DD9SoGByOXEEOHAUG1G7RcBCpKMe9DnGXWQ%40mail.gmail.com.
