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I was looking at going 1x for my randonneuring climbing bike, but that was before the advent of ridiculously big cassettes and I didn't think I could get a low enough gear in combo with a high enough gear. Now I could probably get it to work. Not sure I really want to do it though, 2x is fine for me. OTOH, I was recently about 100 miles into a cold, rainy ride and had to use my whole arm to shift my fd because my fingers were frozen. My mind immediately went to 1x experiments. |
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I will never have any miles on 1x system on racing road bikes.
I am sorry for the team and it´s riders who were forced to ride under horrible technical conditions just so a couple companies could sell a stupid idea on the market. |
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And 1X systems were originally optimized for bikes with 420mm+ chainstays, with 2x optimized for the approx 405mm road standard. They may work on a 405mm bike but far from what it was optimized for.
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That's fine and for the record I don't know that 1x on road racing bikes it the best thing but it's kind of lake saying you hate apples but never tried one.
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If the failures they refer to are parts breaking, coming lose, etc. thats a different story. But I read these reports differently. It's also important to cut through the hyperbole in the reports. He's was frustrated for sure pointing to this not being an isolated incident. But we don't know what those other problems were or how many there really are. |
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So, 3T makes a fairly standard geometry road bike and partners with Sram who are happily pushing 1x for road (hence this Aqua Blue Bike Project) and although SRAM designs the system and optimizes it for certain chainstay lengths it is 3T's fault for making a standard geo road bike? Ha! Was 3T supposed to make a mountain bike for the TdF?
Color me confused. If Sram can't make a 1x that works reliably on a road bike, don't push your PR and marketing for road use.... No one's fault but their own. If Sram felt like the bike wouldn't have been compatible, it is wholly their responsibility to say their system isn't recommended for that use. They obviously haven't done that. BTW... they Aqua Blue regularly use Sram cassettes. Look at nearly every bike review of their bikes, the vast majority have Sram cassettes. This is a Sram cassette is it not? And this is a picture of Mark Christian #182 from the TDS where this controversy started. He's using and all Sram drivetrain - cassette, chain, chainrings and cranks
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From Cyclingnews.com:
"While the 3T Strada, designed by Cervelo founder and acclaimed bicycle design engineer Gerard Vroomen, has drawn plaudits for its future-thinking design, there have also been questions on the drawbacks of larger gear jumps at the highest level of racing in the sport due to the single chainring. However Vroomen and 3T have developed a special 9-32 tooth cassette that helps reduce the gear ratio jumps." http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/aqua...rada-for-2018/ Last edited by 91Bear; 06-16-2018 at 10:33 AM. |
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Okay, looking at it again, they have seat tube way behind the bb for aero, it probably is a 407 chainstay.
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So just how much say does a team actually have in deciding what to ride?
Y'all making it seem like they HAVE to do what the sponsor says. But i find it hard to believe the team didnt agree to ride 1x road disc to be the poster child for sram. If the he had taken the stage, i doubt they would have declined any media coverage |
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And fwiw, I hate whenever athletes or teams get into spats with their sponsors. Before the fact they're courting each other and then afterward it always gets ugly and nasty. I don't care if it's cycling or basketball or tennis or football. There hasn't been an instance of this where you say at the end "well that was a classy way to handle it"
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As for all the arguments that SRAM is pushing 1x, other than offering a 1x alternative, for which there's a clear market, how are they pushing it? They still offer FDs for all their road groups. |
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