1x11 & 27.5 Wheels for a new build
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I am buying a new Bionicon edison frame set but with upgraded rear shock and black stanchions on the metric hlr fork. So this colour frame:
with this suspension:
There isnt anything really wrong with my current one but i just fancy something new and the new edison looks superb.
I was going to buy an off the peg build which to be fair look very well specced but i like to fettle and i have some parts which i can donate to the build from my own bike. turns out my current build sheet will cost about 500 quid less than the off the peg model.
So, ive not been around bikes much in the last couple of years really so i am learning about some new stuff. as such i could do with some advice about the merits of 1x11 and 27.5 wheels.
I currently run 2x9 with 22 36 at the front and something like 11-32 at the back. it does what i do fine and im tempted to just move the drivetrain across. How will i find the gear spread with 1x11 using something like 32t front and 10-42?
next, 26.5 wheels: what is a good of the peg wheelset for around 500 quid? that being said, i hve looked at a set of superstarcomponent wheels for 250 quid which look a decent weight and spec so is there any reason why i shouldnt buy those?
with this suspension:
There isnt anything really wrong with my current one but i just fancy something new and the new edison looks superb.
I was going to buy an off the peg build which to be fair look very well specced but i like to fettle and i have some parts which i can donate to the build from my own bike. turns out my current build sheet will cost about 500 quid less than the off the peg model.
So, ive not been around bikes much in the last couple of years really so i am learning about some new stuff. as such i could do with some advice about the merits of 1x11 and 27.5 wheels.
I currently run 2x9 with 22 36 at the front and something like 11-32 at the back. it does what i do fine and im tempted to just move the drivetrain across. How will i find the gear spread with 1x11 using something like 32t front and 10-42?
next, 26.5 wheels: what is a good of the peg wheelset for around 500 quid? that being said, i hve looked at a set of superstarcomponent wheels for 250 quid which look a decent weight and spec so is there any reason why i shouldnt buy those?
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It's looking like 26" wheels will be getting rarer going forward, so for a new build 650B makes a lot of sense, they roll a bit faster than 26 without losing much of the alertness.
For a trail bike 1x (10 or 11) is really the way to go, 32 would be a bit short geared, 34 or 36 makes more sense, it will give better gear spread than you have now (using an expander with 1x10). (Put the numbers in an excel spreadsheet, easy enough).
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You are right, shows how much i know!! i do of course mean 27.5 and have updated the title :oops:
I don't disagree that 1x10/11 is a good idea on a trail bike but I dispute the gearing range suggestion.
Even with a 32t to a 10-42 cassette you will be just shy of your lowest ration on a 22/36 to 11-32 and about comparable at the top end so there would be very little incentive if current gearing works to go for bigger than a 32t.
I run a 32t oval ring on an 11-42 10 speed cassette and definitely find I could use a lower winch gear on occasion instead of having to beef it up hills. Probably be OK in UK with it though and maybe could go higher depending on usual terrain.
I have these...
http://www.superstarcomponents.com/en/am-carbon-wheelset.htm
Very excellent! I'd buy them again.
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Why erroneous?
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That's what I was wondering.
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650B falls between the two, for marketing they wanted it to look like the best of both worlds and called it 27.5" as in half way between 26" and a 29er (in fact a 28.5" of course) but it's not nor is it even a 27.25", in fact the rim is 25mm bigger than a 26" wheel so it should be a 27" and not a 27.5".
I know a 2" tyre now is pretty small, but 26" use bigger tyres as well and we haven't thought it a good idea to suddenly call then 26.5" because of that!
retired 9.6kg Carrera Kraken
The Carrera Hardtail combined thread - come on all you Carrera's!
The Sons Scott Genius RC20 build
Ah, you mean, if you want to be pedantic. Got it. Meanwhile, back in the real world, 650B is also known (not erroneously) as 27.5.
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retired 9.6kg Carrera Kraken
The Carrera Hardtail combined thread - come on all you Carrera's!
The Sons Scott Genius RC20 build
No, I'll be calling them '26'. Because that's what they're called.
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Pinkbike have just posted a review...
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/superstar-am-carbon-tesla-evo-wheelset-review-2015.html
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That said, I have gone 1x11 using sram gx shifter and mech. I cant see the real benefit for me with the much more expensive groupsets. id have less money and a tiny bit less weight but I am a big old unit so the saving of a few grams for that much extra money doesnt compute for me (this may be a different equation for many others of course).
Wheels wise, i went with a superstar build using Tesla hubs and Stan's flow ex rims. They came in at 350 quid and i am looking forward to their arrival. I had toyed with the idea of some hope hubs but if i am honest, the sets i have had before were too noisy.