[golgiaparatus]

Dug it... mostly.

Had some pretty steep and long, bumpy climbs where I couldn't get a comfortable spin going due to needing a slightly lower gear. Was better just to attempt a high cadence out of the saddle effort.

Anyway, so for 90% of the race it was ideal... lowest gear needed to be 35-36 instead of 34. It would probably be absolutely perfect for a 26" bike, but 29ers require slightly lower gearing.

Im going to keep using it and doing climbing intervals with it... maybe I'll get use to it. After a month of that I'll likely be climbing faster.

BTW... osage hills = Great technical riding, with fast swoopy singletrack inbetween techy sections. Got 6th again

 

[mandown]

 

[jimmydean]

I don't know what the big deal is, I've only ever raced a 1x9.

What are these climbs you speak of?

 

[golgiaparatus]

I don't know what the big deal is, I've only ever raced a 1x9.

What are these climbs you speak of?

Again, on a 26 bike the 32 paired with an 11-34 would probably be perfect.

On teh 29er... Short explosive climbs were fine... it was the longer/steeper climbs with rocky terrain that I needed a lower gear for... a 36 would have been perfect for spinning up those and still having legs to immediately accelerate at the top.

That was the problem... I was having to reach too deep and my acceleration out of those climbs was sluggish at best.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Have you considered trying 3x9 perhaps?

 

[golgiaparatus]

Have you considered trying 3x9 perhaps?

I have 1 in the garage... 44t would never get used... 22t would get used very rarely if at all Plus I think I really like the simplicity of 1 shifter/1 derailer.

Best solution would be an 11 or 12-36 cassette if they made one with an aluminum spider, but no one does

 

[HAB]

I have 1 in the garage... 44t would never get used... 22t would get used very rarely if at all Plus I think I really like the simplicity of 1 shifter/1 derailer.

Go faster. I run a 32-44 with an 11-32 cassette on my XC race bike. 44t gets used plenty.

 

[HAB]

Again, on a 26 bike the 32 paired with an 11-34 would probably be perfect.

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golgi's head

 

[jonKranked]

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golgi's head

i run 32 with an 11-34 on my xc/trail bike. and 99% of the time I find myself perfectly happy with my gearing.


And during that other 1% that I'm not happy with it, its generally because I'm too busy cursing myself for being so out of shape that I find myself wanting a lower gear.

 

[HAB]

i run 32 with an 11-34 on my xc/trail bike. and 99% of the time I find myself perfectly happy with my gearing.


And during that other 1% that I'm not happy with it, its generally because I'm too busy cursing myself for being so out of shape that I find myself wanting a lower gear.

You do realize jd was talking about racing DH, yeah?


I run the same on my trail bike, 'cept with a 32t cassette.

And for grins, 37t with a 11-25 cassette on my DH bike.

And 32-16 on my SS.

And 39-53 with an 11-25 cassette on my road bike.

 

[golgiaparatus]

Go faster. I run a 32-44 with an 11-32 cassette on my XC race bike. 44t gets used plenty.

Not around here it woudn't. Your race courses must have much faster sections than ours... most of the races I have attended this year have been very technical... either heavy on the rocks and the short to medium climbs or heavy on the twisty sections... of all of the above.

 

[HAB]

Not around here it woudn't.

I'll be in the big ring for flat fire road sections of race courses.

 

[Sghost]

Not around here it woudn't. Your race courses must have much faster sections than ours... most of the races I have attended this year have been very technical... either heavy on the rocks and the short to medium climbs or heavy on the twisty sections... of all of the above.

You live in the magical land of steep climbs with no descents or horizontal ground?

I dont think its the terrain thats making them faster

 

[HAB]

You live in the magical land of steep climbs with no descents or horizontal ground?

That's what I wanted to say, only you did it better.

 

[golgiaparatus]

You live in the magical land of steep climbs with no descents or horizontal ground?

I dont think its the terrain thats making them faster

You guys must be crazy fast... the winner of the Cat 1 class on Sunday was running the same gearing that I was.

 

[jonKranked]

You guys must be crazy fast... the winner of the Cat 1 class on Sunday was running the same gearing that I was.

so what's your excuse?

 

[Jim Mac]

Jonkranked - burn!

 

[mattmatt86]

I've been running 1x9 on my 29er for over a year now and haven't found one climb where I needed an extra gear. My first couple weeks on the setup I wished I did but when my fitness improved the gearing was perfect. My winning combo was 33t with 11-34. My next XC bike is full carbon and will be about 3lbs lighter so I think I'll go to 32t x 11-32. All I know is I'm never going back to front derailleurs.

 

[CBJ]

With the new 10 speed that should help even more.

 

[TheTruth]

I think you need to just buy a whole xx set up. Who needs a 1x9 when you can have a 2x10!

 

[mattmatt86]

Actually now that I think about it, my new bike already comes 1x10

 

[CBJ]

That is one fast looking 29er.