Its been about 15 rides or so since I’ve used the small chainring in my 52/36 (11-32 cassette) setup. I’m not sure exactly why, maybe I hate dropping the occasional chain. Maybe I just don’t mind grinding at lower cadences a bit? I live in philadelphia and my rides aren’t crazy hilly but they are ce…

As an amateur, it’s great to train at different cadences. You should be able to produce power at least from 70 to 100 rpms without too much difficulty. My next bike will have 48 front and 10-36 cassette.

great topic! I’m currently running 34-50 cranks paired with 11-34 cassete on my gravel bike and I’m planning on converting it to 1x system with a mullet sram axs groupset. the new AXS rival make it more affordable… same with the Sram GX1 Eagle AXS rear derraiileur. my initial plan was to put a 46T…

i’m in the same boat (44T or 42T). Part of me is thinking i could do the 44T and get a 10-52 just for sake of it. Although i haven’t really checked the gearing to see if that’d work for me or if i should do a 42T 10-44. either way, most of the stuff is out of stock so i have some time to figure it …

Rocking a 1x with a 48t and 11-32 cassette in Colorado. Perfect for flattish racing and the foothills / reservoirs in the Front Range. Not ideal for climbing. Usually after a hour of climbing at 60rpm or so, I’m cooked. It’s possible to get up the bigger passes this way, but it’s not fast. See Stat…

Nice to hear some local knowledge. Manayunk is pretty steep for sure, I’ve been doing it with my big ring only bit I think you’ve hit on the main problem: After about an hour of hills at 60rpm my legs can get pretty shot. Endurance rides have to pretty much avoid hills for me to keep the watts low e…

When I visit home and ride, I’ll usually rip up over the bridges over the inlets. 10s later I’m thinking “oh, that was over fast” :rofl:

I’ve five bikes, only one of which, the road bike, has a 2x drivetrain. So you could say I’m a 1x fanboi. However as noted above, it really depends on your local area and riding style and preferences. I’m not sure I’d go 1x with my road bike as our local roads are very lumpy even on the “flat” bits.…

I’ve always struggled with a 2x setup. I am not and never was a strong rider, prefer spinning so when I first started 52/42 was the standard and the inner ring was used more often. Usually I would get onto the big ring to only slow down shortly after and need to drop down again. This pattern repea…

Ive got 3 bikes, road cx and TT Only the CX is 2x, mainly because it does triple duties as a climbing road, gravel and CX bikes. I only run traditional cross 46/36 chainrings, with an 11-32 cassette (11spd). Gives me great range for steep gravel climbs, and i can spin out to over 60kph if necessary…

[image] bobw: However as noted above, it really depends on your local area and riding style and preferences. I’m not sure I’d go 1x with my road bike as our local roads are very lumpy even on the “flat” bits. 15m of climbing per kilometre is normal and I can do rides with 30m/km. With SRAM’s …

Should I switch to 1x?

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jwellford October 2, 2021, 1:37am 67

Yup. That’s what will be on my next bike for sure (I already have a 1x aggressive gravel/Mtb with 9-46, and a Crux that I’ve been using with the 9-46 for gravel racing season).

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