Let's see some of your geared bikes........ (retired)
05-17-13, 01:02 PM
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05-22-13, 07:29 PM
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05-22-13, 08:14 PM
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130mm!
05-22-13, 11:43 PM
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I saw another Yeti cross bike today and recently got to destroy a Yeti mtb frame at the co-op. so nice.
05-23-13, 07:46 AM
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it does the job but i think selecting the right gear combo for the terrain you'll be riding is very crucial. 11-32 is a very gappy cassette but it gives me the range i need with a 39t ring. i stay in the lower 1/2 of the cassette on the road and stay right in the middle for gravel, the option to go big on the cog for the climbs. when we did the north cascades highway a few weeks back (something like 20-25 miles at 4-7%), i was in the top 4 cogs most of the time but spun out (as you might expect) on the way down. i spin out on occasion around town, too, but tbh if i need to go much faster than 30mph, i picked the wrong tool for the job.
it works. jdgesus has much more experience with it. IME it has been very very very finicky as the cables have settled in, but once it it adjuster properly it shifts just as well as sram, with the flexibility of campy ergonomics (you can pseudo trim your positions on the rear). i have no experience with the front shifting but i'm willing to bet that it's better than the sram front shifting. i'm just a sram guy, so i think i will be going back to full sram on future bikes.
it works. jdgesus has much more experience with it. IME it has been very very very finicky as the cables have settled in, but once it it adjuster properly it shifts just as well as sram, with the flexibility of campy ergonomics (you can pseudo trim your positions on the rear). i have no experience with the front shifting but i'm willing to bet that it's better than the sram front shifting. i'm just a sram guy, so i think i will be going back to full sram on future bikes.
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05-23-13, 09:34 AM
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it does the job but i think selecting the right gear combo for the terrain you'll be riding is very crucial. 11-32 is a very gappy cassette but it gives me the range i need with a 39t ring. i stay in the lower 1/2 of the cassette on the road and stay right in the middle for gravel, the option to go big on the cog for the climbs. when we did the north cascades highway a few weeks back (something like 20-25 miles at 4-7%), i was in the top 4 cogs most of the time but spun out (as you might expect) on the way down. i spin out on occasion around town, too, but tbh if i need to go much faster than 30mph, i picked the wrong tool for the job.
im not trying to have an avg speed of 40 mph as long as i can keep up with my tri buddy, i can almost hack it on my 46/17 track bike now i jut cant maintain speed on climbs
think ill be good?
05-23-13, 10:37 AM
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tbh i would recommend 2x10 for you if you want to double purpose your bike as a road bike and a cross bike. 1x10 will get the job done but 2x10 will give you a much better road gearing without compromising your ability to ride on terrain. if my yeti was my only geared bike, it'd be a 2x10.
with a 1x10 that gives me enough gearing to get up long climbs, i compromise my gearing choice by having really big gaps between cog sizes in the upper half of the cassette (sometimes hard to find a comfortable cadence) and i can easily spin out descending above 35mph.
with a 1x10 that gives me enough gearing to get up long climbs, i compromise my gearing choice by having really big gaps between cog sizes in the upper half of the cassette (sometimes hard to find a comfortable cadence) and i can easily spin out descending above 35mph.
