Possibly not the most exciting post but I've just fitted my Raceface Narrow wide chain ring. 34teeth in black. Very nice. Weighed the SLX front mech, shifter, cables, chainrings and bolts I removed. Added the weight of the Raceface ring and shorter bolts. Overall a saving of 552 grams. Not bad for £39. And cheaper than the £300 I spent on Reba forks to save 1.2Kg.
Now where is my bike weight spreadsheet......
i did the same,
not fitted a chain guide yet but considering an upper one before i do my next enduro!
Running 1x9 with a Works Components n/w and no upper guide. No dropped chain yet. Did you take any links out of the chain?
Just took the one link out. I'm currently on 1x9 and haven't tested it yet (still full of snot and cold). PlAnning to change to 1x10 next month anyway so I'm just experimenting at the moment. First observation is that on a mk2 soul I have about 1.5mm clearance between chainring and chainstay! Could be interesting in the mud.
Update: no problems at all today until I was pedalling home on the road. A massive bramble had managed to wrap itself round the back of the cassette. This caused the freewheel to jam and the chain to come off. Would have just put it back on but the chain got trapped between the BB shell and the bolt lugs for the granny ring. Ended up walking home. Conclusion: I am thinking about grinding off the granny ring bolt lugs.
kimbers - Membernot fitted a chain guide yet but considering an upper one before i do my next enduro!
FWIW I used a chainguide for the ukge at innerleithen, duly crashed and knocked the chain off and lost a couple of minutes at the side of the trail trying to get the bloody chain back on 😆 THe hidden bonus of a thick/thin is that if it ever does come off, it goes back on in 2 seconds.
Er, unless you are woodlikesbeer anyway!
552g?...about the same as a dropper then. Really need to get my arse in gear and put mine on my Soul.
I lost 685gms when I fitted mine due to removing the chain guide I had fitted as well:) bloody cheap wieght saving really and works so well!
552g?...about the same as a dropper then.
Yup, but the dropper replaces an existing post so going 1x10 and adding a dropper still saves about 1/2lb.
I saved 1.3 kg by going from 3x9 alivio to 1x10 with a works components 32t narrow wide. It means the 700g of my dropper isn't noticeable
This is technically cheating though. Because your losing functionality.
It's like putting 23c tyres on or binning the brakes.
You're gonna be slower on anything hilly.
Following this logic you might as well just run up and down the trails holding just a pair of (cut down) carbon bars and save yourself 27lbs.
**** it get one of these:
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^^^ wheels are too small, trail would feel dead
You're gonna be slower on anything hilly.
Except I got PB's on all my local hills every time out after going 1x10. As long as you have the legs/fitness/resolve to stay on the bike it is faster.
tinribz - MemberYou're gonna be slower on anything hilly.
I don't find this to be the case. I get tireder on hills, but the minimum speed I can ride it at is higher than the minimum speed I can ride my 2x9 bikes. It needs to be fairly steep or long before that kicks in though, since you climb most of the time in the middle ring anyway.
Where it really falls down is when there's less grip- you can't spin for traction, so in snow or flat mud things are very wheelspinny.
Guess it makes perfect sense if you have the legs. OP convinces me to think about it for the commuter anyway.
Wouldn't want to give the impression I'm particularily strong tbh. I think it's a bit like singlespeeding, you rise to it pretty quick because you have to. Turned out that a lot of the time when I dropped into the granny, it was more or less from laziness.
Average route time is still dictated by haribo stops and faffing 😉