Comments on: 5+ Ways to Make a Super Wide Range 2 x 11 Speed Drop Bar Drivetrain – Only 1 With an Adapter! https://twowheellifestyle.com/5-ways-to-make-a-super-wide-range-11-speed-drop-bar-drivetrain-only-1-with-an-adapter Adventure On Two Wheels Tue, 17 Nov 2020 07:15:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 By: VYTAS NAGISETTY https://twowheellifestyle.com/5-ways-to-make-a-super-wide-range-11-speed-drop-bar-drivetrain-only-1-with-an-adapter#comment-300 Tue, 17 Nov 2020 07:15:22 +0000 http://twowheellifestyle.com/?p=2400#comment-300 I love this article. I can totally relate. I “built” a dropbar mountain bike on an old (2004) Brodie One Ball (single speed mountain bike) frame. The frame is cool because it has sliding rear dropouts in case you want a single speed. But it also allows for 1x, 2x, or 3x. I have done them all but settled on 3x for the gear range. I am hitting 50 years old and I need all the help I can get because I love to ride for a long time, but that means pacing. On the Brodie, I use 9 speed Shimano XT front and rear derailleurs with the latest (cables under bar tape) Sora 9 speed shifters on drop bars. I use a J-tek adapter for the front derailleur to get the necessary cable pull from the Sora front triple shifter. Their adapter made this setup work. Then I bought an XT triple crank from Europe, because in the US, Shimano was only selling a max of 44-32-22, but I wanted a bigger big ring. In Europe Shimano sold an XT touring triple: 48-36-26. That, with an 11-34 in the back has not only a massive range, but also relatively small jumps between gears. You can really dial in your cadence.
I love it! I only wish my Brodie was carbon fiber and feather weight. The reality is, this bike is great if you have all day for a ride because it allows you to keep your heart rate down, even on the most demanding climbs, because of the gearing. And I have 2 inch tires on it which makes descending much more confident. But it is definitely slower than my carbon fiber road bike. Of course, I can’t take my carbon fiber road bike anywhere I want to explore without reconnaissance, and that is the difference.

]]> By: David Turner https://twowheellifestyle.com/5-ways-to-make-a-super-wide-range-11-speed-drop-bar-drivetrain-only-1-with-an-adapter#comment-299 Wed, 17 Jun 2020 20:39:00 +0000 http://twowheellifestyle.com/?p=2400#comment-299 Thanks for the ideas.
I’m really liking #2 since I have Force 1 11sp and I want to go to a 2x setup.
Thinking I need a XO1 10sp RD, 11sp FD, Left shifter, 11sp SRAM cassette and 2x crank.
I hope this works 🙂

]]> By: Graeme https://twowheellifestyle.com/5-ways-to-make-a-super-wide-range-11-speed-drop-bar-drivetrain-only-1-with-an-adapter#comment-295 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 09:59:58 +0000 http://twowheellifestyle.com/?p=2400#comment-295 Really interesting article, thanks. I took option 5 but then I started with DT friction shifters. I get 112″ -23″ with a 3×7 using Stronglight 107 Tri (51-41-30) with Campag ‘leisure’ triple FD and Suntour freewheel (12-14-16-19-23-28-34) with Campag Comp Triple RD, all moved with Simplex Retrofriction. This gives excellent gear range on my 531 Peugeot for ‘heavy’ road conditions, much more civilised than the ‘classic’ 46″ low gear.

The Shimano cage interchangeability makes you wonder why this kind of modular approach is not more common. Some Suntour RDs had cage interchangeability, for example Cyclone 7000 (short and medium cages) and XC Sport 7000 (long cage) and I’m sure there will be more examples.

]]> By: Phil https://twowheellifestyle.com/5-ways-to-make-a-super-wide-range-11-speed-drop-bar-drivetrain-only-1-with-an-adapter#comment-294 Wed, 01 Jan 2020 22:11:37 +0000 http://twowheellifestyle.com/?p=2400#comment-294 Thanks, this was really helpful. Good info, and also easy to understand. Of these, my preferred option (given the random parts I already own) is the JTek shiftmate–I will try it out.

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