Brenton,
I ride road barend shifters, a ten speed 32/52 front and 11-28 rear with
a modern Shimano clutch derailleur and a Tan-Pan adapter. Gives me lots of
gears. When keeping a 50+ in the front and a 36 in the back, if the
chain is long enough to fit the large front ring and the large
Adding to my post: I don't think you're asking if the gearing will be too
high. Yes it will work and you can use whatever gearing you like!
On Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 10:37:57 AM UTC-8 Joe Bernard wrote:
> The only theoretical concern I can think of is you may get some skating
> between
Hello Brenton,
I use the Shimano CS-M770 XT HG 9sp cassette, 11-34 paired with either a
Sugino or FSA crankset that have 130BCD with 46/34 chainrings. That gives
me a nice range for the hilly terrain where I live. If you really want the
to use one of the 105 cranks with 130 BCD then changing
11t sprockets are not useless when you have a 1x drivetrain. I use my 11t
on the tandem (38t chainring) and on my single (40t chainring). They don't
get used frequently (which is good, since they'd wear out quickly
otherwise), but once in a while they get used, which wasn't the case back
when
There's nothing wrong with simply not using the 11t cog you know :)
Conversely, , I think 11t cogs are worthless myself. I'd rather ride a
larger ring and a larger 12t or 13t cog. Anyone that rides big rings and
big cogs knows how sweet that feels. It doesn't have to be a 53t, a 46t-52t
is
A 53 *can* be perfectly useful if you use something like a 15-25 or 26 9
speed as I once did, tho' in my case I used a "compact" double, 52 X 38.
That gave me a closely spaced range from 94 down to about 40" with cruising
gears in the middle: 78/74/70 --- well, the cruising gears were really the
I think the reason folks are "giving away" their 53/39 cranksets is that
the 53 is useless. A 53x11 is good for one thing: pedaling at >>45MPH.
For those of us who only reach 45MPH on steep descents, that's a useless
gear. I'd just unbolt the 53, lose the front der, and run the bike as a
The only theoretical concern I can think of is you may get some skating
between front rings from a 9-spd chain on cranks spaced for 6/7/8-spd. But
in reality - assuming front friction shifting - you'll just make sure
you're shoving that chain over properly and all will be well.
Joe Bernard
