Gonna make the leap on one of my bikes to 1x and just wanna take a poll please of what people have.
Just type numbers, put a short explanation if you want to.
Ta!
30
32
36
30
Up and then down valley riding, very little flat or level trails.
30
32
34
36
28 front 42 rear put on for Alps trip last year and can't be bothered to keep swapping and changing.
32 on the 1x11
34 on the SS
OH has 30 on 1x11
32 on my full suss, 34 on my hardtail.
Both have 10spd 11-42 cassettes and 26" wheels.
30t chainring with a 10/42 cassette. Sram GX 11 speed.
Enduro bike weighing around 32lbs. Mostly ride trail centres and uplift days. Gives me a bail out gear for steep stuff and has plenty of go at the fast end.
42 on cx single
36 on the single solaris
32 on the ss
This question is useless without the wheelsize and cassette size as that will change things.
It's gonna to be on a 10 speed 26" Soul. Cassette ratio as yet undecided. The bike will be a pure trail bike, technical wild stuff and trail centres....well Cannock!
On my hartail 29er I have an oval 30T with 11-46, on Jeffsy I have a 34T round with the 10-50 Eagle.
32 on a 29er - ok on Surrey hills and occasionally Wales.
34F x 11-42R xt
Going from a 2x9 24/36 x 11-36 I have found this ideal and no problem at all on the ups. If anything I still spin out occasionally on easy downs
32 hardtail
32 full suss
30 fatbike
32 teeth on a not-quite-round ring at the front, with 11-50 di2 shifted teeth at the back 😉
32
32 coupled with a 11/42 rear.
If it was starting afresh I’d go 34 with a 11/46 rear.
Rather than guess, spend 30 mins with the sheldon Brown calculator, find a gear on your current set-up you consider to be the lowest you could live with, there’s a lot of “getting used to” wiggle room IME but still. Calculate what that gear is with a 42 or 46 rear and that will give you your answer.
PS - 30t rings look weird.
On my traily 26" 10s 32t oval 11-36 is ideal range:weight for me.
30T 10spd 11-40 Switchback
32T 9spd 11-34 Xc bike
32 / 11-36 / 26" 456
Ride Peak, Dales, Moors, occasional Snowdonia and Lakes and the odd trail centre. Get up most stuff and I don't reckon I'd get up *that* much more with an easier gear.
30 (26 or 27.5 wheels)
32 Oval 29'er 11-36
34 or 32 x10 650b 11-36
34 x11 650b 11-40
36 26'er x10 11-36
30 34 38 44 depends on the bike
34T chainring
11-30 cassette (on road 29ers)
11-36 cassette (on fat wheels)
30T 11-34 9 speed on 26" HT
30T 11-46 11 speed on 27.5" FS
42 on my commuter 11 - 36 cassette
32 oval on my 29er hardtail 11-40 cassette
28 oval on my fatbike 11-40 cassette
The 29er FS frame I'm building up will have 32 oval with 11-42 cassette
34 on t130
36 on Parkwood
30 front 10/42 rear on a 27.5 FS
I had a 32t oval on there but changed it for the alps and quite like it now.
28
That was all that was available.
30 full sus
30 oval fat bike
32 singlespeed
26 on both 29+ and fatbike - I like to spin, plus have a habit of popping out for a ride longer than most. After 20hr+ it's the difference between walking and riding
34T previously with sram 11 speed and left it the same for the eagle setup I now have.
32 - 29er e-trail bike
32 - 27.5 trail bike
30 - 29er HT/26" fatbike depending on wheels fitted
30 - 29er XC bike
30 - 27.5 enduro gnarpoon
All 11s 10-42, apart from the XC bike which is 12s 10-50
24 on my solaris.
48
32 10-42 1x11 650b full sus (oval)
30 11-42 1x11 29er rigid
42 11-34 1x9 700c commuting hybrid
48x17 700c fixed road
32t with 11-42t rear on 29er XC FS & HT
38t with 11-32t rear on CX bike
26T oval
34t with a 10 speed 36t cassette on both bikes.
Gets me round most places. Can struggle a bit on long days out but mostly fine
32
34
35
36
38
42
48
depending.
34T front with 11-36T 10spd cassette.
Gets up everything round my way which is SDW stuff.
28 10-42
30 11-46
Both as supplied.
32 42:11 29" wheels
Ride in the lakes, does the job.
38T on 130 BCD. Running 11-32 cross and 11-23 road. A 10-21 would be nice 🙂
34 on a 29er Hardtail with 11-42 cassette.
