Originally Posted by
indyfabz
+1. See, e.g., 1x drivetrains. Was reading an article in ACA's magazine earlier this year. A guy from SRAM enlightened me to the fact that triples are terrible for touring since you only spend time in a few gears and rarely, if ever, use your middle ring. After 15,000+ miles of loaded touring I was embarrassed to learn I have been doing it wrong all this time. Did I mention that the article featured SRAM's new 1x11 drivetrain?
Any idea what the chainring of the 1x was? Just curious as I have thought about 1x systems(not from a desire to use one, just from the perspective of thinking about what would work for me) and I would probably want a 36t chainring.
36 chainring and 11-36 cassette would give me not even close to the bailout gearing I would want for a loaded bike, but allow me to go fast enough most of the time and climb most of the time in relative comfort.
Curious what his view of the perfect ring size is.