Bikepacking - a viable alternative to racks & panniers

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stickyfingers

Bit of a generic question, but what's people's opinions on 27 gear inch granny gear? Thinking of swapping out my cranks for a 1x 42t but worried it might be a bit high for my steel bike packing/cross bike, I mostly do European trips, a lot of Wales and occasionally Scotland. Cheers!

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Föhn in reply to @stickyfingers

Unless you cycle a lot of offroad, you'll probably miss the smaller gear jumps that you would have on a 2x setup.

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stickyfingers in reply to @Föhn

It was already a 1x set up, so I'm not too concerned about that, it's more the ring size jump, also the cranks I'm considering buying are sram, so probably not worth it if I have to buy a new chainring for them.

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