First we had Biopace. Now we have oval. Because anodized!
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I like it when people get mad and say they aren't Biopace. 
What's old is new again. Not because it's necessarily a good idea, but because the industry needs to sell more stuffs.
[devil's advocate] I dunno, maybe now that 1x drivetrains are A MUST IF YOU EVEN RIDE BRO that could be the difference that gets more people trying them, then the placebo effect just might keep riders on them. [/derp]
I'm still trying to figure out how people get by with 28x11 as their top gear. Do people really just live with it?
The physically smaller gears make it easier to hang in the garage or pose at the trailhead. Those bigger cogs increase the changes of getting grease or WD-40 on your Garmin team lycra that barely contains your middle aged gunt.
Hey....I don't own any Garmin kit.
That was a hypothetical "your". Your gunt works on you.Hey....I don't own any Garmin kit.
I've been training it...
what the hell is going on in here?!
Increased climbing traction.
The ride to/from the trailhead is sloooooooow, otherwise once things point downhill, try not to brake.
I had a dream about riding my old Quadra 21 last night. Could be considered a nightmare.
I have been on a 32t Wolf Tooth one since last August. I have noticed that I shift less and stand more with it installed. My riding is on the raw'r side of the New England singletrack spectrum. I would buy another one when it wears out, but I am also a dirty hippy.
You see, I suck loco style at being a witty monkey...
hardcore
I'm thinking for mundane shit like the Summit loop on Green Mountain? 28x11 is enough?
On the contrary, that was just horrifyingly witty. You may want to clarify whether you were referring to power tool use or just foreplay for butt stuff.
Just yesterday I pulled my 26/36 front setup and replaced with a 30t ring. I fear Belcher (and lower Chimney, and every other climb for that matter) a but some in the know believe I'll adjust quickly and become enduro®.
Have you ever examined the wear patterns on a round ring? I mean a really worn ring that somebody used way beyond its intended life? I am not supporting the use of Oval rings. Just check it out....
Funny. When I moved out here I ran a single 32 or 34t front ring with 11x28 out back. I managed the rideable portion of Belcher, the just stupid awful gravel road climb at North Table Mountain and up the majority of A-basin with that setup. Now I have a granny gear simply for the fact that while all those things were indeed rideable, I'd prefer to save my energies for the fun part.
My problem with Oval rings is that everyone's lead or dominate leg is different. I would think that everyone's stroke surge would fall at a different point over the diameter of the chain ring. Because of that all the advantage maybe moot. The few folks who may be lucky enough to have the surge in their power increase due to a arbitrary increase or decrease in the placement of the circumference of the oval. It is a placebo to make you think you have a advantage....
If you're not going fast enough to bother pedalling down hill, who cares?
But yeah. I'm seriously putting a 36t ring on my Megatrail.
BioPace was teh awesome.
Not to mention that peak power point will change with seat angle or if you are standing.
I've been pleased with my 28T ring, but I really suck at climbing and I also don't really give a shit about how fast I can pedal down a paved or practically-paved descent. Sometimes others make fun of my tiny chain ring, but that is okay, because it takes attention away from all of the other things they could be razzing me for.
I haven't tried an oval ring.
In the 80s I put Biopace rings on my road bike and it felt like pedaling through molasses.
32 x 42 on the T275 is painful on some climbs.
In the 80s I put Biopace rings on my road bike and it felt like pedaling through molasses.
32 x 42 on the T275 is painful on some climbs.
Oh, I hear you. My shifter, der and rings won't be too far away while I conduct this experiment.