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No problems, I use mine off-road quite a bit and the big range is really handy when it gets muddy but it's overkill for road stuff
I never got on with GXP bottom brackets, I'd get some used 105 hollowtech II cranks and some matching BB cups personally
Schwalbe g-one tyres are great on and off road when you get to that stage
Sam (was user74909, forgot to sign in on my phone!)
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Yeah, after reading up on GXP im going to swerve sram. Lots of bad feedback off the standard bb, and im not really willing to spend mad dolla on a CK or even a halo with adapter.
Going with the hollowtech ii bb if I can get a crank to match. If I get 105 cranks, can I strip them back and just use a single narrow wide chainring on them?
StunningJam
Good shout man! I wouldnt have even known that something like that existed.
Im going to go for 11 speed 105 cassette and 105 medium rear mech for the moment and see if I feel if I need more options, then I can always use that. Cheaper than buying another chainset eh!
Any recommendations on 1x crank sets, would I just be better buying a mtb crank here (1x seems a lot more common on mtbs) and then getting another chainring for it? Was going to go for the sram rival 1 1x chainset, gxp bb but the standard SRAM alloy bb seems to have awful reviews/hates water.
Reckon im better off just going square tapered and using a track crank or something to that effect?
Also picked up the wheels today, things are coming together faster than I thought they would!