Originally Posted by
pcconsult
Today I send this mail to Salsa:
Hello,
My name is Stanislav Panayotov and I live in Sofia / Bulgaria. I want to buy one of your gorgeous Salsa Woodsmoke bikes, but I drive only in the city. I like my Schwalbe Super Moto X 27.5x2.8 plus tires - they work extremely well on my road. My current bike is NS Bikes Djambo 2 2017 with some mods. On it is not possible to set the largest than 36T chainring.
My question is about the capabilities of your frame to use on it a large front chainring up to 54T (that's too much for me), but maybe I'll try with 46T or 48T. What do you think? What crank and chainring for 1x do you recommend for this?
Greetings!
Let's see what they answer to me!
Woa nelly partner. 48T chainring and 10T on the rear cassette with those tires is a 137 inch gear. You might be able to spin that out at 45mph. (72 kmh)
32T chainring in front with 10T rear is a 91 inch gear. Quite appropriate for this bike and tires.
This is why people still favor double and triple plate in front.