Originally Posted by
RoadMike
Got a new frame this week, 2013 Salsa El Mariachi Ti. I set it up single speed.
Wow! That is a nice ride.
Originally Posted by
scrublover
Curious to see what you think of that. Gave it an attempt when they first came out, gave up shortly. The drag in the overdrive felt horrible, despite a clean and faced install. Worked as advertised, but the drag was too much to put up with.
It's what ultimately led me to stick with the 1x setups, as I just ended up leaving it in the low all the time, and shifting up/down the cassette more.
Only 3 rides so far, so.........
I tried to pay attention today to the drag you mentioned. I kinda feel it, but not too much. However, I only get into the hyperdrive on the downs or flats.
As I normally run a 32/21, I am forced to use gravity after I get my legs spun up to max RPM on the fun parts of the rides. With the HS, I use the lower gear as normal (22/15 - which equates to about 32/21.4), then when on a flat run, or descent I can now make the shift to get some speed going.
I hit up Evergreen Mt the other day to test it out, and with the bigger gear, I was able to take about 20 sec off my normal descent times (both east & west legs). Times on several sections are now similar to those done on my Sanction, so it seems to be working well.
I think I'll be digging it once I get the hang of shifting - that 1.6 ratio is a huge jump!