Wilson jr
Active Member
- Location
- Newmarket suffolk
I am. thinking about swapping my compact chainrings for a 1X set up. Can get the parts needed online. Just wondering if anybody has done the same set up and how they get on with it. Cheers
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Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Yes when my triple up front jammed on a tour. Managed to fix it on the 39t middle till I got home.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I had a similar experience to YukonBoy - a broken front derailleur on a ride forced me to use just one chainring. I had some significant hills to go over to get home so I fixed it on the 26 tooth little ring.
I am tempted to convert one of my bikes to 1 x 10. I have done much more riding on my 1 x 1 (home-built singlespeed bike with a 52/19 gear) than I thought I would but there are hills round here that I can't get up on it and its gear is also a bit low for riding hard on the flat. Something like a 42 tooth ring with a 12-30 cassette would give a good spread for much of my riding.
I am tempted to convert one of my bikes to 1 x 10. I have done much more riding on my 1 x 1 (home-built singlespeed bike with a 52/19 gear) than I thought I would but there are hills round here that I can't get up on it and its gear is also a bit low for riding hard on the flat. Something like a 42 tooth ring with a 12-30 cassette would give a good spread for much of my riding.
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Wilson jr
Active Member
- Location
- Newmarket suffolk
I too have a singlespeed 48/16. I love riding that, also when riding my road bike seem to find that I'm in big gear and using only 3 or 4 gears on the cassette (it' pretty flat round here). I do like the look of the 1X set up and also like to tinker so I'm going to give it a go. Probably going to go with either 44 or 46 tooth chainring. See how it goes.
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Wilson jr
Active Member
- Location
- Newmarket suffolk
What chain ring did you use? I'e found a company called wolf tooth that looks pretty good. A bit pricey but there aren' many options that I have come across.
It was a RaceFace 40t from chain reaction. The 110 option is the 5 bolt version. You will need to get the shorter chain ring bolts as well.
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/race-face-narrow-wide-single-chainring/rp-prod109723
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I would be using the same cassette as usual, but putting up with a narrower range of gears than normal.
I wouldn't use such a bike when I was desperate to pedal beyond 40 kmph or to climb lots of steep hills, but I have a bike for those rides already.
My old Basso is currently on turbo trainer duty. I took its 9-speed controls off to use as brake levers on my singlespeed project (gear shifter parts removed) so it is currently stuck in one gear. I have some 10-speed hardware waiting to be fitted but perhaps I will make do with one ring and see what I think of the bike in 1 x10 mode? I could always put the front derailleur and other chainrings back on later if I wanted to.
I used the same cassette as I had been using. With the 40T compared with the 34T, the difference is not mega. Just a difference of about 7" or the difference between the 21 cog and a 25 cog. At the top end it goes into the mid 80's, which is a bit low, but on the other hand, it is quite good practice to cap the top end and work on increasing cadence. Before committing, I was reasonably confident with the set up as I could get round my local loops on a 68" SS and that included two hills that have been used for hill climbs by local clubs, So options for lower and higher gears was quite a benefit.
I did a similar conversion on my TT bike, taking the inner ring off and all the trimmings and putting on a single 50t chainring.
Smokin Joe
Legendary Member
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- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
One pro team have decided it is worth trying -
http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/p...ngle-chainring-team-bike-unveiled-2018-357446
http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/p...ngle-chainring-team-bike-unveiled-2018-357446
pawl
Legendary Member
- Location
- Desford Leicestershire
Yea in 1959 Dawes Clansman.3 speed Benelux derailier if memory serves me correctly it had a 42
tooth single chain ring.
Nothing new in the cycling world.
Perhaps not quite what Wilson Jnr had in mind
tooth single chain ring.
Nothing new in the cycling world.
Perhaps not quite what Wilson Jnr had in mind
ChrisEyles
Guru
- Location
- Devon
On my touring bike I pretty much exclusively use the 38t middle ring up front. Paired with 11-30 at the back it does the job perfectly for 90% of the time. The granny ring gets used mainly because I'm often carrying full panniers, on a lighter/unladen bike I don't think I'd miss it. Never use the 48t big ring!
confusedcyclist
Veteran
What problem is a 1x system actually solving for those of you that use them? I mean, I've had annoying FD issues in the past, but that was solved eventually with a bit of mechanical know-how. I think I had an FD seize once mid-ride in salty road conditions, but still that was a minor inconvenience and solved with a bit of lubrication and a clean post ride. Seems to me a step backward. Is it a weight saving thing? Aesthetically, they are appealing, but the flexibility afforded by a 2X or 3X system is too much for me to give up on my bikes for mere style & weight. Call me cynical, but it seems to be a marketing fad, designed primarily tempt some to replace perfectly good chainsets and shifters with 'new and improved'.
