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mitchy_
Llama calmer
i have no idea what that is.
and really too much purple? i was unsure about the purple top cap (i have a carbon cap and purple bolt) but the rest seems nice and subtle.
mitchy_
Llama calmer
Oh, that thing is scary!
Might be a hit with the ladies though...
tumble_downs
Likes Dirt
Well, it's not an MTB
Early 70s Speedwell GTS, renovated rather than restored.
Early 70s Speedwell GTS, renovated rather than restored.
scblack
Leucocholic
I just realised, you're single ring on the front. What size ring?
mitchy_
Llama calmer
cheers! i'd love to build a titanium frame up in a similar style, but that will have to wait a while... a long while.
44t with an 11-28 cassette.
i'm by no means a speed racer, i just like overdoing things.
scblack
Leucocholic
Ok, that range would get almost everywhere except the steepest hill, just maybe not as fast some sections.44t with an 11-28 cassette.
i'm by no means a speed racer, i just like overdoing things.
A interesting compromise.
I like the bike.
Bodin
GMBC
Hmmm, same. You've got me thinking now, because I've got a full Dura-Ace 7900 drivetrain (for no good reason - I suck at road, but I excel at unnecessarily destroying credit limits), but the cassette, chain and probably chainrings are due for a refresh and it's just _so_ much money for a few Dura-Ace bits.44t with an 11-28 cassette.
i'm by no means a speed racer, i just like overdoing things.
I just use my roadie for occasional long, easy pace training rides and I'm-running-late-so-I'd-better-use-the-roadie-commuting and most 2-ring combos seem to leave me with 2 wrong rings and no right one for the flat roads that are 90% of the roads I ride (39 slightly too small, 53 slightly too big - I never get to ride in the middle of the cassette with a nice, straight chainline).
Is it a narrow-wide ring of some kind that you're using? I have a spare short (medium?) cage XT shadow+ rear mech, so wondering if that might also get involved. I'm thinking a 46t narrow-wide, xt rear mech and 11-28 Ultegra for the flats and 11-32 XT for the rare occasions when I go near hills. Yeah, the drivetrain won't be as pretty to look at any more (or as light), but I might actually like using it more.
The Duckmeister
Has a juicy midrange
Just a little heads-up on you ponderings there Bodin, XT 10-sp. derailleur won't play with the road shifter, for the same reason it won't play with 9-sp. MTB shifters.... Shimano's MTB 10-sp. stuff works on its own leverage ratio that's not compatible with anything else. A 9-sp. MTB rear derailleur however is fine with road shifters (but then you don't get the clutch, which personally I think is unnecessary on road anyway). Also, Dura-Ace has the option of a 42T small ring, which might be a little bit more useable.
Bodin
GMBC
Appreciate the knowledgeable advice. The internets have saved me again. Thanks Duck.
pistonbroke
Eats Squid
Get a compact crank and go 50-34. I have the same issue as the 53 is just a fraction big in all but perfect conditions. I would like to ride further down the cassette more often.
mitchy_
Llama calmer
at the moment i'm actually using a 3/32" track chainring. works perfectly with a 10spd chain, and has nice high teeth. my plan was to go to a N-W ring (wolftooth and a few others make up to 44t in N-W for 1x10 CX'ers) however i wanted to confirm the size i wanted without forking out almost $100 for a N-W ring.
with a short cage derailleur and high tooth profile on the ring i've never had an issue over about 1000 km's.
harmonix1234
Eats Squid
Got a tax return coming in soon and was thinking about a new grouppo. Maybe Ultegra Di2.
I have mentioned it here before, but what are your thoughts on drivetrain upgrades at the moment?
It seems like the roadie drive train is in such a state of change everything is up in the air.
Everything is moving to 11 speed, brakes are changing from cable to hydraulic (disc and rim), wheels are changing to disc, electronic shifting, and SRAM just leaked some wireless electornic shifting with hydro disc brakes.
Do I buy a ten speed sram red mechanical for peanuts, or get electric with disc brakes and upgrade frame and wheels, or stay ten speed? Fark!
I just have the feeling that there is a quantum shift in drivetrain development taking place RIGHT NOW and wondering if I am better off holding off for a year until things are a bit more, how do you say, universal standard?
I have mentioned it here before, but what are your thoughts on drivetrain upgrades at the moment?
It seems like the roadie drive train is in such a state of change everything is up in the air.
Everything is moving to 11 speed, brakes are changing from cable to hydraulic (disc and rim), wheels are changing to disc, electronic shifting, and SRAM just leaked some wireless electornic shifting with hydro disc brakes.
Do I buy a ten speed sram red mechanical for peanuts, or get electric with disc brakes and upgrade frame and wheels, or stay ten speed? Fark!
I just have the feeling that there is a quantum shift in drivetrain development taking place RIGHT NOW and wondering if I am better off holding off for a year until things are a bit more, how do you say, universal standard?
harmonix1234
Eats Squid
Duck really should have his own mech section here on the 'burn. Or a youtube channel, or just create a new site that puts sheldon brown to shame.