What have you done to your bike today?
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Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
I was at 65mph coming off Mt Mitchell. I hit over 50mph on Washington Rock.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
E13. I was running the 9-34, it was awesome. Running the 10-36 Sram cassette now.
Dave Taylor
Rex kwan Do
I went bigger in ghe front to get out of the 10t. It feels very draggy.
Kaleidopete
Well-Known Member
Replaced five missing tire studs that I lost, only in the rear. Front was good/
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
It technically is. That's that whole bigger cogs and rings mechanical adventage thing. Bill made a math on the other thread.
The industry is going little because weight savings sells bikes, going fast does not.
rick81721
Lothar
This is the fastest decent in the sourlands - Hopewell Amwell road. No cross winds, my max was 43.2 in 2019. Probably the fastest would be Starview Dr straight down but Amwell comes to fast.
https://www.strava.com/segments/1764288
Dave Taylor
Rex kwan Do
I hit 52 on my ss coming off montana mountain at HTT last year on cx tires.
yeah, that sucker is steep between the turn and the train tunnel. Not long enough to get going like Rileyville.
Dave Taylor
Rex kwan Do
Good wheels but narrow by today’s standard.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Go Reserve all day. Stan's wheels are light but they're poop out of the box. If you go that route buy rims and have them built elsewhere.
Dave Taylor
Rex kwan Do
I bought some crank brother’s xct11. 25/27 internal width with i9 hydras. Love em. 1505 grams.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Sounds nice. But those Reserves have a no questions asked free replacement for life. I'll take whatever that weight penalty in exchange for never having to buy wheels again.
Dave Taylor
Rex kwan Do
These are lifetime warranty as well.
On the flip side of all this carbon and ASX because I am truly a peasant, installed proper HG drive on the onyx hub abd mounted up the $160 microshift adventx groupset. I challenge anyone to convince me that I need more then 10 gears.
Honestly I need more then 1 ride, though Patty has been rolling this same groupset. It does shift smooth even under pressure. Super easy to set up and is a lighter groupset then XT/GX. I have another set waiting for the nimble 9.
Honestly I need more then 1 ride, though Patty has been rolling this same groupset. It does shift smooth even under pressure. Super easy to set up and is a lighter groupset then XT/GX. I have another set waiting for the nimble 9.
Dave Taylor
Rex kwan Do
Pics or it didn’t happen
rick81721
Lothar
Did you buy direct from crank bros?
Dave Taylor
Rex kwan Do
Shore cycling
mtbiker87
Well-Known Member
I have their 9 speed set up on my fat bike and it works really well. I have bikes in the stable with GX, and XT, and i'd be really hard pressed to say I can tell a difference in the shift quality, or overall performance. If nothing else, I've realized that it's the wider range that was missing from 9 and 10 speed drivetrains, not more gears. Yeah, maybe the jumps between gears might not be optimal for someone super concerned about keeping a specific cadence throughout the gear range, but for the average trail rider, these wide range, less gear set ups are worth looking into, despite not being pushed by the big boys. After having ridden mine, Id take microshift over anything below SRAM GX all day long.