Keith: Somehow I doubt you'll miss the top gear. Given the 500% spread on the cassette, I'd be tempted toward an even smaller chainring, but that's from an old guy who has been known to push his bike up hills. Be interesting to hear about the longevity of the chain.
dougP On Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at 2:26:47 PM UTC-7, Keith Muller wrote: > > Hey all! > > So I upgraded the drivetrain on my Hunqapillar with a new SRAM Eagle XX1 > Kit and a White Industries M30 Crank w/ 38T Ring. I must say it's solid > setup. I'm excited to get out and do some bike packing with it. I was > comparing gear inches on this setup with the touring setup on my Atlantis. > I lost a little on the top end that I rarely ever us, But I was able to > match the low end. So far I'm happy with the setup. A few loaded trips > will give me the full story. I've posted some data below for the bike > nerds out there. > > Keith > > Bike Hunqapillar Atlantis > Chainrings 38T 47/36/26T > Cassette 10-50T 12 Spd 11-34T 9 Spd > Gear Inch Comparison > > Hunq > Atlantis > > 38 > > 47 36 26 > 10 110.54 > 11 *123.7* 94.7 68.4 > 12 92.21 > 13 104.6 80.1 57.9 > 14 78.83 > 15 90.7 69.5 50.2 > 16 69.23 > 17 80 61.3 44.3 > 18 61.38 > 20 68 52.1 37.6 > 21 52.65 > 23 59.1 45.3 32.7 > 24 45.96 > 26 52.3 40.1 28.9 > 28 39.56 > 30 45.3 34.7 25.1 > 32 34.61 > 34 40 30.6 *22.1* > 36 30.83 > > > > > 42 26.18 > > > > > 50 22.11 > > > > > > Speed Comparison - Based on a 29 X 2.3 Tire pedaling at 90rpms > > Hunq > Atlantis > > Mph > > Mph > Highest Gear 29.6 > Highest Gear 33.3 > Lowest Gear 5.9 > Lowest Gear 5.9 > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
