Not 1x9, but close. My wife and I are lucky enough to own a vacation rental in Portugal. After renting a bike for every visit, I decided that it would be worth it to just buy a bike to keep over there. I ended up getting a killer deal on a steel frame cyclocross bike from 1998. It has cantis and could easily fit 38c tires. I did a bunch of parts swaps and ended up with a 2x9 drivetrain (46/30 in the front and 11-36 in the rear), barcons, noodle bars, and a few other things that I can't remember.
The result is a bike that is somewhere between gravel race bike, and Rivendell. It feels great, everything works well, and I think I spent less that $500 on all the secondhand parts. It is such a fun ride that I just don't even think about gear or setup when on the bike. I jump on, I go, and I'm all smiles. Cheers! Ben On Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 8:48:46 AM UTC-7 John wrote: > I've tried the Microshift Advent 1x9 on a modern entry level mountain bike > and thought it performed really well, especially for the price. The shifter > doesn't feel amazing and I don't love the look, but the value is hard to > beat. Indexing felt great and the clutch did its job on singletrack. I'd > definitely use it on a future build. > > John in Minnesota > -- 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/ba24c6d9-230b-4ee3-874c-91fade4a565bn%40googlegroups.com.
