Don’t sleep on the Revolt, I’m super happy with mine.
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Revolt question for you…I also have the same gen Revolt and the clearance for the chainring is tight. I am only running a 44, but the guys at the shop said they had to put all the spacers on the drive side so it wouldn’t be too tight and rubbing. So we were all wondering how Cole Paton or Brendan Johnston or in this case, you…fit a larger chainring on this bike?? Did you do anything special? I’ve tried two different BB’s and neither has created a bunch of room for me.
you running SRAM Wide BB?
How is the clearance? Could you easily clear a 2.2 as well?
I don’t know about their bikes, but I remember Keegan running a big 1x chainring last year that was rubbing the chainstay when under load. I also remember speculation that he spaced it to the right slightly for extra clearance (so the crank wasn’t perfectly centered). Not sure that’s an option I’d consider, but you could probably adjust a few MM out by just shifting cleats a bit (somewhat negating the off center crank).
Yeah I’m running a 48t chainring, all it requires was changing out a BB spacers. I forgot which size I switched it out (I’ll try to figure that out without pulling it apart, but it was simple and easy, took maybe 10mins. It moves the chain line out a bit, but I haven’t had any problems. No rubbing, plenty of room for junk. I am using a Sram wide.
Plenty of clearance, definitely could fit 2.2s. I am using a sram wide.
Should be a good value for money option and I think they’re pretty good at tracking trends in this space.
Shame they stopped doing frameset-only options as they were about the same cost as a Revolt.
Yes, now I have a SRAM Dub wide BB. I had a BBInfinite before that they say fits that bike but it was millimeters of space between the chainring and chainstay. Now at least I have plenty of space with a 44, but was just wondering in case I wanted to go bigger. Thanks guys.
I believe what you’re referencing is in his highball and he was running XPLR thread on chainrings on an XXSL power meter. The XPLR threaded chainrings have a 6mm offset vs the 3mm or 0mm for the T-type chain rings. In that case he spaced the whole assembly to the drive side to clear the chainring.
Edit - link to the build here
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I dont think thats his normal gravel set up since that crank is limited to a 46. A lot of times he is running an aero chain ring which is at least a 48
Correct, the setup I described above was his Highball (MTB) for Leadville. Someone had mentioned tight clearance, chain ring rubbing, offset crank, and I was identifying where the setup was used.
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a bit more detail here, launching “summer” The Outliers- Ribble’s Gravel Racing Team | Ribble Cycles
Theoretically, a different bottom bracket shouldn’t alter the clearance. If it does, your cranks are likely a little off-center.
At least with all the SRAM I’ve dealt with, The width of your cranks is determined by torquing the two halves together, and then centering in the BB with the spacer ring. Wider BB doesn’t alter the width, just the amount of extra space you have to take up with fixed spacers or the ring, or the position in the frame left / right.
I’ve also run into scenarios where I measured and found the cranks off-center because of an incorrect spacer setup. (I think I have 3 BBInfinite BB’s on 3 bikes now, so very familiar with them)
Edit, what you could do, is use more spacers on the drive side to space the chainring out, but then you’d need to run more pedal washers on the NDS to get the left side Q-Factor the same.
The new able is out, takes a 57 and has internal storage. Not a bad build
Thanks for this and apologies to all in this thread for not posting here a few days ago to say:
I created a 2025 version of this thread here: Best Racing Gravel Bike 2025
If you’re still curious about fitting a larger chainring on a Revolt, I finally have an answer, since I had forgot what I did… Normal spacing for a SRAM wide BB is 2.5mm on left, 5.5mm on right. What I was told to do (and has worked for the last 5 months running a 48t) is to only change the right spacer to 6.5mm, while backing the preload adjuster all the way out when install, then adjust preload appropriately. So 2.5mm on left, 6.5mm on right, while watching out for the preload adjuster when installing everything. Hope this helps.
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