I have an Ultegra SL triple crankset converted to 1x via a Wolftooth chainring on my Roadini and a Shimano GRX 810-1 on my custom touring bike (which is based on a Bridgestone RB-1). There's no appreciable difference in Q factor that I can tell when riding. The biggest problem with the GRX is that the smallest chainring you can get for 4-bolt 110 BCD is 36t, while if you went with a traditional 110 5-bolt BCD you can get a 34t chainring. If you don't frequently ride in groups that are trying to drop people and hence you have to keep your cadence in a narrow power band, 1x definitely is the way to go. I never realized how frequently I dropped the triple until I switched to the 1x and found myself switching gears that were just on the border between what would have been the middle and the granny all the time --- something I avoided doing on the triple because I was fearful of dropping the chain.
I did a short writeup here: https://blog.piaw.net/2022/06/a-transition-to-1x-drivetrains.html On Monday, September 12, 2022 at 3:55:06 AM UTC-7 Michael Morrissey wrote: > Hi, > > I know we are all retrogrouches here, but it has been over 10 years since > I ditched front derailleurs forever on all my bikes. Are some of the new > cranksets better for "one by" setups nowadays? > > On my bike currently, I have a vintage White Industries crankset with a > WolfTooth narrow-wide chainring, a 9 speed chain, a SRAM GX 10 speed clutch > derailleur, and a 9 speed SRAM cassette, with a Silver1 shifter. It works > great. > > I was wondering if anyone has a SRAM DUB crankset or any other > direct-mount crankset on their Rivendell. I've been reading about the DUB > cranks and they seem actually simpler with fewer parts than a traditional 5 > bolt crankset. I was wondering if the Q factor also would be wider. > > The SRAM Eagle SX crankset seems to be available at a nice price (under > $75 total), and I'm curious. > > Thanks, > > Michael > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/050ddeba-748d-4928-8ea0-ac2b55d5c7c3n%40googlegroups.com.
