I say if you can dream it build it. There may be less expensive ways to do it as others have pointed out, most notably the Alfine 11 speed IGH, but part of the fun of bikes and gear is coming up with off the wall applications.
I recently converted my Handsome Devil from a Sugino Triple 46/36/26 with 8 speed cassette to a single 34t with 9 speed 11x34 cassette. It works great in my hilly area of Seattle and gives me a nice simple bike when I just want to hope on and go. One Derailleur, one shifter (Friction bar end) one chainring. So far I have had no chain drop issues which I was warned by a LBS owner was a big draw back of of 1x9's. of course I think he was just trying to selling me on a IGH. I have a Paul Chain keeper but I haven't gotten around to installing because its just hasn't been necessary. Whatever you do have fun with the build and of course post some pics. Ryan On Sunday, September 23, 2012 9:57:13 AM UTC-7, James Warren wrote: > > > I'm pretty sure that the new Riv model with no cable stop for front > shifting (and hence no easy way to do a FD) would be a great candidate the > new cogs that SRAM is coming out with: 11 speed cluster in the rear with 42 > as the largest one and only one chainring in the front. > > You could do 34 or 32 as your single front chainring and still pretty much > have a lowest gear suitable for touring. With a 32 in front, the 32/42 low > would be very similar to a 24T granny combined with 32T rear cog. With a 34 > in front, the 34/42 low would be a bit easier than a 24/29. > > The lack of large outer chainring would provide good real estate for a > pants guard. Also, I've been riding my 1x11 Alfine QB a lot lately, and > it's nice to have a wide gear range and no FD. Just a bit less complication > and a beautiful bare seat tube when you look down. I think it would be even > better with a rear derailleur instead of IGH. > > Such a bike would be really sweet. > > -Jim W. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/PC0nwLwqo3YJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
