Looking for 1x11 gear road bike
03-01-17, 12:14 PM
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Looking for 1x11 gear road bike
I am looking for 1x11 gear configuration new road bike.
The only one I see is Specialize Diverge Expert X1.
Nobody else makes it.
The only one I see is Specialize Diverge Expert X1.
Nobody else makes it.
03-01-17, 12:42 PM
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I just don't see a 1x11 working well on a road bike but love it on my new hardtail Mtb
03-01-17, 01:06 PM
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I dont see it from the main Specialized website, but when I Google it, I found it:
https://www.specialized.com/us/en/bi...-expert/106630
They not making it anymore?
https://www.specialized.com/us/en/bi...-expert/106630
They not making it anymore?
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There's the Fairdale Weekender Dropbar. It is a 1X10 though. Maybe a little more of hybrid/adventure bike.
2017 Weekender Drop Bar | Fairdale Bikes
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03-01-17, 01:54 PM
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Buy any bike and replace the crankset with your choice of 1X units or replacement chainrings. Ignore the shift function in your left hand. Enjoy. Or not.
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Search for the category called "Groad".
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Road Bike Lines Blurred
Outsider mtb er looking in and learning from the roadies here. Seems to me the "road bike" lines have been blurred by many cross-capable bikes over the last couple years. I'm on a 1x11 Stigmata and moved to a 10×42 cassette and long cage D. Gt Grade and Pivot bikes sure seem like a cross bike pretty well suited for an endurance road bike role....tires limiting factor. I guess it would be very different it someone were to specify road race or TT bike.
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Just look for a Gravel 1x. I would suggest the Specialized Diverge Expert 1x, but it has SCS wheels. But I am sure you can find many among Gravel .
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Its strange nobody do this type of road bike except for Specialized.
03-01-17, 08:55 PM
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There is plenty, buy a SRAM equipped bike.
For the rest of us, makes sense to have 50/34 52/36 or 53/39. For the rest of us, font derailleur is not complicated, it's very simple, both in use and maintenance. I find it very peculiar why anyone needs to simplify something that is already stupid simple.
For the rest of us, makes sense to have 50/34 52/36 or 53/39. For the rest of us, font derailleur is not complicated, it's very simple, both in use and maintenance. I find it very peculiar why anyone needs to simplify something that is already stupid simple.
03-01-17, 08:59 PM
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Also not sure why you think it's hard to find 1x11, I see plenty of these adventure bikes with 1x11, for those who think front derailleurs are too complicated.
03-01-17, 09:14 PM
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I find no difference in using a 1x11 gear going uphill vs a 3x9. Both are easy and the same. Then why do I need a front derailleur?
03-01-17, 09:15 PM
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Problems only begin to arise when the cassette goes past a 32T big cog.
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I could probably get away with a 1*11 where I live and how I ride, but the fact of the matter is that an FD isn't adding a lot of cost or complexity or weight to the equation. At the same time, when they work well, they bring a lot of versatility to the table. Such is the added value that you're going to be hard-pressed to find too many options without an FD. If you really want one, you can DIY it, but... why?