[Closed] 1x9 on a hardtail -which front ring should I keep?

Do you spin or do you grunt?

Middle - 32/34/36 seem most popular sizes, depending on your cassette and strength.

Always spin. Was thinking...until I get used to the set up- start on granny then when its annoying 'go up'..?

Using a granny will have you spinning an awful lot on any road or slight downhill. I use a 32 chainring and find myself spinning quite a lot on roads as is, thinking of going up to a 36.

Unless your pretty fit or push up sections, 1x9 isnt for you. As your even thinking about leaving the granny on, i would leave it.

34 up front, and 11-34 out back.

Wont be easy going up, and wont be fast going down... BUT, anything else either side of that would be daft.

I remember you asking this question months ago.
You may well have chainline problems on anything flattish.

Why do you want to handicap yourself in this way? Wouldn't walking be easier, and faster?

Hmmmm good point (again). I'll find the missing front mech shims..

Are you taking the p!ss? Why would you want a granny ring? People singlespeed with middle rings you know.

P.S. What hardtail? You still after a Chameleon?

Depends where you ride surely?

I have a HammerSchmckle on one bike and spend 90% of my time in the 1to1 which is a 22 tooth - the only times I put the "Hammer" down are for the DH and road bits... and for the DH it's to go to a bigger sprocket at the back to keep the chain tight. For my local forest I would be thinking keep with the 22... but my forest is made of silly steep slippery climbs and I'm a spinner so use the granny a lot. Your riding may be very different!

I have 22:16 on my fixed and I spin out all the time so just having a granny would be silly even b your standards

Singlespeed is a 36/18 and am currently building a 1x9 with a 36T. Had 36 and a 32 1x9 in the past. You will spin out going down and may need to push on some uphills but so what? As long as you enjoy yourself, nothing else really matters does it?

insane question

34-11/32 for me. Find it a bit spinny at times and also right up the top of the block sometimes.... I'm going to replace with a 36 soon, bit of extra work ocassionally but who cares ? not me.

Kev

didn't you once ask about a 22-16 single speed?

I think you need to do some squats

32 x 11-32 cass works nearly all the time, i only miss the granny ring after a couple of hours when my legs are tired or i am going up big hills

I think everyone's missing the obvious reason to go for middle - the granny alone will look CACK. the arms will stick out with nothing on them. Everyone knows we only do this for the aesthetics. Go for middle, for goodness sake's.

34-11/32 here for me too. Need to be going comfortably over 25mph to spin out, which offroad is generally fast enough unless you like fireroad descents.

hora, keeping the 22 would restrict you to a singlespeed top gear and the low geared climbs would lead to a slow ride.

Perhaps try a 28?

36 middle with 11-32 on my 5spot.

that'll still give me just over 1:1 and I can do 99% of all my riding on a 2:1 Singlespeed anyway.

Is this post the moment that Hora's finally lost it?

cynic-al - Member

insane question

+1

Edit: unless all of your riding involves 'downlifts' - you climb up hills, then get driven back down.

Is this post the moment that Hora's finally lost it

That happened many many years ago. 8)

Edit: unless all of your riding involves 'downlifts' - you climb up hills, then get driven back down.

Or uplifts. How many gears do DHers have?

Or uplifts. How many gears do DHers have?

They don't run 22t up front though, like Hora's thinking about.

True. A 1x9 with a 22t front is pretty, er, maverick.

may need to push on some uphills but so what?

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True. A 1x9 with a 22t front is pretty, er, maverick.

that would make a Boris Bike high geared..

me 32 front and 11-34 ate rear on my 29er.. on the flat (canal path etc) in 32*13 or 32*11