Why are roadies going 1x11 or 1x12?
07-26-19, 10:22 AM
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07-26-19, 10:26 AM
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07-26-19, 10:30 AM
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07-26-19, 01:31 PM
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It's posts like these that remind us that if we don't like how another has his bike set up, at least we don't have to ride it.
07-26-19, 01:49 PM
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07-26-19, 02:13 PM
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I bought it for how it rides.
07-26-19, 02:47 PM
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Honestly, I don't think my bike looks fantastic. I've said it before and if anyone asks I'll say it again. I don't think it looks bad, really, just not good. You'll have to try harder to get me riled up. (Hint: say SRAM yaw DRs work well, that'll do it.)
I bought it for how it rides.
I bought it for how it rides.
07-26-19, 04:20 PM
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Let's all calm down and get back to comparing famous women to bike frame materials.
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07-26-19, 05:04 PM
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I live in flat Chicago. I'm going 1x from 50/34 11-28 to 46 11-34 on my roadie. I have 42 11-32 on my gravel bike-road wheelset. It's going to cost me a gear on the top and the bottom. I don't mind the jumps because I've got cadence range. I won't miss the FD, which drops 5% of the shifts when setup right. The only downside is when you crest a hill and there's a steep downhill, it's nice to do a little ring-big ring jump. The 1x takes longer to upshift. Otherwise, 1x shifts much nicer than 2x because there's a more rigid RD.
07-26-19, 05:11 PM
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A bandwagon? Just a revolution back to what was before and will be again. A bike is a Bike What's changed in teh 40 years I've been away is mainly frames and Tires : Parts appear to be pretty much teh same as they were in the 60's : Only the craftsmanship isn't American anymore 
Parts seem to be pretty much the same now as in the 60s? Wuh?!?!
They are not even remotely similar, much less the same.
As for craftmanship no longer being American...how many production road bike brands in the 60s were American? Trek and Cannondale came to the market about 20 years later.
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Odd that i've done quite a number of 17mph group rides on it with no problem keeping up. It's a 40T with a 11-32 which has about the same range as a 11-28 with a compact crank on my "aging" road bike. Since Long Island is rather flat, only 2000 feet on a 40 mile ride I have no problem climbing and there's just not enough long descents to miss a big ring.
BTW, my "aging" bike has over 23,000 miles. At what points should I be posting in the Vintage forum?
BTW, my "aging" bike has over 23,000 miles. At what points should I be posting in the Vintage forum?
07-26-19, 05:14 PM
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07-26-19, 08:06 PM
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I'd settle for the pot if the moobs would disappear. No way to hide them in cycling kit. Tempting to go all Grant P and wear seersucker and Hawaiian shirts.
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So, why are roadies going to 1x11 or 1x12? Tomorrow is nearly here.
07-28-19, 09:24 AM
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07-28-19, 09:47 AM
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07-28-19, 10:20 AM
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hmmm... it's almost like he lied... he wouldn't do that....