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Gonna partner the 11-40 with a 32t chainring when I can afford it, as the 36t is still too big.
As for rims, this will be decided later when I settle into the new job, in the meantime I'm gonna run 2x rear 29ers wheels to get it going until I can afford a rims and hubs combo (a singlespeed 135mm hubs maybe).
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@frankenbike
Awesome! Enjoying some of the antibuyer builds on here at the moment.
I have that cassette and it's fine for me (that's round town though, not MTBing). You need a ~20% jump per sprocket for 8 speed 11-40 (11 × 1.2^7 = 40) compared to a ~14% jump for 11 speed (11 × 1.14^10 = 40). Can't imagine many situations where 20% is too big but 14% is fine - either they're both too gappy or neither is.
What are you thinking for rims that take 2.8" but don't blow your budget?