Maybe this 1 x 11 equipment will start out at the top of the line & then trickle down if it sticks. $425 for a cassette is aimed at some extremely rich riders. Is 11 speed chain even narrower thatn 10 speed? Wonder how friction would work on 11 speed off-road?
When you think about 10 teeth to 42, it's only slightly over 4:1. A 5:1 range (e.g., 20" to 100") is a nice touring, all rounder range. So even with that enormous cassette tooth difference, one would have to compromise at one end or the other. The single front ring idea seems interesting, but the trade-off seems a lot more complexity at the back in exchange for a slightly simpler front system. Could this be yet another solution in search of a problem? doug "8 speed with a triple & I'm sticking with it" P On Sep 24, 4:55 pm, James Warren <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, well I think I won Dumb Question of the Day today: > > -----Original Message----- > >From: Steve Palincsar <[email protected] > > >On Mon, 2012-09-24 at 07:05 -0700, James Warren wrote: > > >> For Red, Force, Rival, or Apex? > > >For that XX1. > > I'm kind of amused by the fact that now my knee-jerk thinking about bike > parts is such that I no longer make the distinction between "road" and > "mountain." I guess that's what 11 years of almost exclusive All-rounder > riding can do to you. > > But anyway, back to the point, is SRAM really only going to offer one price > level for that 11-speed rear cluster that goes to 42T? If so, that's a > deal-breaker. I'd still like to believe that all derailleur systems have a > cassette for sale that can be had for around $40. > > Another point: for the SRAM 1x11 to work for a lot of us all-rounder types > who like drop bars, I guess it would require a commitment to shifting 11 cogs > in friction mode. While SRAM mountain and SRAM road parts are generally > interchangeable, I doubt that they'll be making a brifter or bar-end shifter > for 11 speeds until their road system pushes over the cliff from 10 to 11. So > that means friction for those who don't plan to use the dedicated flat bar > shifter. > > So I guess the following sums it up for me: if the 1x11 bike only required > the cassette and the RD as special parts from SRAM, and if I could be > comfortable using friction bar-end shifting across 11 cogs, and if this would > all bring my low gear down to around 34/42, I would go for it... > > ...but not if the cassette is in the hundreds of dollars. That's a bummer. > Thanks for the heads-up, Steve. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
