moorey
call me Mia
Or a 9 speed...I'm using an XT 10 speed cassette and chain with a RaceFace NW ring with no issues.
Any 10 speed chain should be fine.
1x10 without a chainguide
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There's a bees dick in it, shouldn't cause any significant loss of chain retention ability
moorey
call me Mia
Internally same, slightly thicker outer plates, as I understand it.
I only did it as experiment, having spare 9x chains. Worked a treat, may or may not be slightly stronger, has made no difference whatsoever. :thumb:
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phrysmicplasta
Cannon Fodder
I just set up a Zee 1x10 too with 11-36 and the Zee short cage, wide range derailleur. I thought exactly the same thing and took out a link to remove the slack in top gear but found with all air removed from shock and shock compressed in bottom gear it was over tensioned. I ended up adding the link back and adjusting the B screw on the derailleur out to get the tension right. Now working perfectly. I spent some time on it as I recently snapped a derailleur hanger with a fractionally too short chain.
phrysmicplasta
Cannon Fodder
Sorry that last post was a reply for Joel.
blacksp20
Likes Bikes and Dirt
Would you ever descend on the 36t sprocket? If not, tune the zee so it can handle max suspension compression on the majority of rear cogs. Most people would never descend in a climbing gear so why test the chain length there?!?
moorey
call me Mia
Because shit happens, brain fades and all.
Danny B
Likes Dirt
Happens all the time where I ride. Steep pinches followed by flowy downhill sections followed by pinchy climbs and so on. Having setups where you can max out your gear is asking for trouble. I rode a road bike for a few races where I couldn't ride big to big, it was a major headache (cos, as Moorey says, brainfades).
Adrian Wisth
Cannon Fodder
Hey,
Sorry if its already been asked. But im wondering if anyone makes a 46 or 48 tooth 130 bcd chain ring for my commuter.
Cheers
Sorry if its already been asked. But im wondering if anyone makes a 46 or 48 tooth 130 bcd chain ring for my commuter.
Cheers
mitchy_
Llama calmer
Not in narrow wide, biggest I've seen is 42t. You can get a 3/32" single speed specific ring in those sizes though.
https://www.torpedo7.com.au/products/YBRN5NNF4/title/blackspire-monoveloce-130bcd-46t-3-32
Ezkaton
Eats Squid
Thanks for the heads up.
I kinda want to ditch my dark blue RF ring for something in black... I wanted to wait for the Hope rings but I can't find any release timeframe info.
Might see if I can grab one of these Blackspire ones come Friday (payday!).
Speaking of which, has anybody seen further info regarding the Hope rings?
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Adrian Wisth
Cannon Fodder
Should that be okay with a 10 speed set up?
RD: Shimano Zee DH version (New)
Cassette: 11-36 Deore (New)
Chain: Tiagra (New)
Cheers
Knuckles
Lives under a bridge
How well does the narrow range Zee play with the cassette? Thought they were only good to 28 tooth.
mitchy_
Llama calmer
Yep, I bought a cheap one to trial a chainring size before spending a fortune on a narrow wide CX ring, and it's been faultless. So much so that I'm keeping it.
Adrian Wisth
Cannon Fodder
Knuckles, sorry i meant the wide ratio version.
Mitchy, awesome
arty: I shall try it out and get back to everyone .
Knuckles
Lives under a bridge
Snow worries, was just wondering how it worked s'all. But that makes more sense.
On another note has anyone tried the wolftooth big sprocket?
Danny B
Likes Dirt
You can get a 44T 130BCD ring from Wolftooth. That will be plenty for a commuter. With a 700c wheel and 28c tyres that gives you 106.8 gear inches (ie - you can still grind downhill).
If you've got 26" wheels with 1.5" slicks you'll still get 99 GI.
Thats shit tonnes. (I never rode more that 95GI on the track)