Converting to a 1x on xt m800

[Henryfeather]

I just converted to a 1x and put on a 34 oval from rapide (kiwi at rapid is the most helpful guy around)

I am however soon going to buy a sunrace casette from them 11/42 as I came down to the karroo and road a pass here and did not have a bail out gear .

So perhaps consider your rear castle set up but go 32 or 34 oval up front

[NotSoBigBen]

Baffles my mind that chainline is such a big issue when chains and things worked fine with triple cranks and okes running some serious cross chain?

[JXV]

Baffles my mind that chainline is such a big issue when chains and things worked fine with triple cranks and okes running some serious cross chain?

10 and 11 speed cassettes are wide and NW chainrings have longer teeth for chain retention so there can be more friction and wear if the chainline is off.

 

The move to shorter chainstays and wider axles is also making the chain deflection more severe. The explosion of axle standards has also made the number of possible combinations go up exponentially ( actually factorially [emoji3] )

 

On 3x you would typically use all your gears in middle blade for short stints but if on a long hill or descent you would change to appropriate chainring and you could feel the improved efficiency. 1x does not give that choice.

 

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