Escapee.. Posted May 23, 2018 Share Friend of mine is looking at changing from his Shimano 3x9 setup to 1x12. Is it possible?Cost involved? Best place to have it done in the East/South of Joburg? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grease_Monkey Posted May 23, 2018 Share Full GX groupo (shifter, cassette, chain, rear derailleur) can be had for around R5,500 excl crank, in which case he will have to buy a chainring for around R800, and a XD driver body for his hub (if available) - usually around R1000. If there is no XD driver available for his hub then he can buy a Sunrace 11-50t 12spd cassette, and save money on the cassette as well as not needing to buy a XD driver. If he wants to go for a GX eagle 1x specific crank (which includes 32t chainring) add another R2300. So in other words, the cheapest option (no crank, no xd driver, sunrace cassette, eagle deraileur + shifter + chain, and 104bcd chainring), you are talking about 6k. Most expensive option with XD driver, Eagle crankset, and full eagle groupo you are talking 9k. Escapee.., pista, dirtypot and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escapee.. Posted May 23, 2018 Share Full GX groupo (shifter, cassette, chain, rear derailleur) can be had for around R5,500 excl crank, in which case he will have to buy a chainring for around R800, and a XD driver body for his hub (if available) - usually around R1000. If there is no XD driver available for his hub then he can buy a Sunrace 11-50t 12spd cassette, and save money on the cassette as well as not needing to buy a XD driver. If he wants to go for a GX eagle 1x specific crank (which includes 32t chainring) add another R2300. So in other words, the cheapest option (no crank, no xd driver, sunrace cassette, eagle deraileur + shifter + chain, and 104bcd chainring), you are talking about 6k. Most expensive option with XD driver, Eagle crankset, and full eagle groupo you are talking 9k. Legend Thanks for the reply Grease_Monkey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet77 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Recently acquired.GX groupo - R5300 - CWCSTANS XD driver R1500 - Evobikes32T oval chainring - R900 - LBSUsing XT crankFitment including cable and wash - R440Total R8140.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannabe Posted May 23, 2018 Share Escapee.Get in contact with Wayne from Rapide.He will guide you through the whole process, and also supply you with everything needed at excellent prices. No need to buy a whole groupset, Rapide can supply all as standalone items, so you can buy what you need. edit: see you are looking for 12spd. I got my 11spd stuff from him, not sure if he stocks these in 12spd. Edited May 23, 2018 by Wannabe Escapee.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOEKVLAG Posted May 23, 2018 Share Full GX groupo (shifter, cassette, chain, rear derailleur) can be had for around R5,500 excl crank, in which case he will have to buy a chainring for around R800, and a XD driver body for his hub (if available) - usually around R1000. If there is no XD driver available for his hub then he can buy a Sunrace 11-50t 12spd cassette, and save money on the cassette as well as not needing to buy a XD driver. If he wants to go for a GX eagle 1x specific crank (which includes 32t chainring) add another R2300. So in other words, the cheapest option (no crank, no xd driver, sunrace cassette, eagle deraileur + shifter + chain, and 104bcd chainring), you are talking about 6k. Most expensive option with XD driver, Eagle crankset, and full eagle groupo you are talking 9k.If you are willing to replace the BB, could you buy either the BB30 or GXP crank, or is it not interchangeable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boerklong Posted May 23, 2018 Share I went from 3x10 to 2x10 to 1x11 (same crank)Bought 1 x Oval ring from Rapide which I bolted on to my XT crank set.Next I purchased the 1x11 XT upgrade kit from CWCycles for R3500. Whole upgrade was less the R4k. So maybe consider 1x11 32/34-46 Edited May 23, 2018 by Boerklong dasilvarsa, Cookie88 and Vetplant 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escapee.. Posted May 23, 2018 Share Thanks everyone..have sent him all the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 23, 2018 Share Friend of mine is looking at changing from his Shimano 3x9 setup to 1x12. Is it possible?Cost involved? Best place to have it done in the East/South of Joburg? TIA For best service and advice, take it to Ridgeway Cycles, close to Greenstone mall. Speak to Andrew or Rory and they can best advise on how to go forward. nickc and Dieter ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milosh Posted May 23, 2018 Share 3x9 suggests an older or lower spec bike , just check it is maybe not worth cost of 1x12 conversion Prudent money is on a second hand 1x11 when someone has gone 1x12. Factor in from chain ring as i forgot that ;-) Odinson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grease_Monkey Posted May 23, 2018 Share If you are willing to replace the BB, could you buy either the BB30 or GXP crank, or is it not interchangeable?Not sure tbh. The reason I include the crank comment is because I know some people want direct mount chainrings instead of the 104bcd one you would have to use if using a 2x or 3x crank. But as far as I know Eagle cranks are available in both gxp and bb30, so you could just get the one suited to your bb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted May 23, 2018 Share Friend of mine is looking at changing from his Shimano 3x9 setup to 1x12. Is it possible?Cost involved? Best place to have it done in the East/South of Joburg? TIAYou didn't think to call Byron at Just Cycles? I am disappoint [emoji22] Sent from my HUAWEI VNS-L31 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie88 Posted May 23, 2018 Share I went from 3x10 to 2x10 to 1x11 (same crank)Bought 1 x Oval ring from Rapide which I bolted on to my XT crank set.Next I purchased the 1x11 XT upgrade kit from CWCycles for R3500. Whole upgrade was less the R4k. So maybe consider 1x11 32/34-4This is exactly what I did earlier on this year using the existing crank on my bike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter-morgan Posted May 23, 2018 Share There is a 1x11 gx set in the clasifieds for 2500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCTG Posted June 3, 2018 Share I went from 3x10 to 2x10 to 1x11 (same crank)Bought 1 x Oval ring from Rapide which I bolted on to my XT crank set.Next I purchased the 1x11 XT upgrade kit from CWCycles for R3500. Whole upgrade was less the R4k. So maybe consider 1x11 32/34-46Sorry and what adapter kit did you purchase? Edited June 3, 2018 by TCTG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCTG Posted June 3, 2018 Share I went from 3x10 to 2x10 to 1x11 (same crank)Bought 1 x Oval ring from Rapide which I bolted on to my XT crank set.Next I purchased the 1x11 XT upgrade kit from CWCycles for R3500. Whole upgrade was less the R4k. So maybe consider 1x11 32/34-46Did you have to buy an adapter when you purchased the XT 1x11 upgrade kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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