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Pretty sure you guys ride taller gears than that in a double. Plus looks shit

Subjective. It’s also lighter and more aero

It's only lighter if you spend ££££ in a good cassette. Otherwise not that much.
Not a dig at 1x, I have it and like it, just 42t in a road bike looks wrong. Get a compact

Not sure about that. 1 ring vs 2, no front mech, no front mech mount, no cable, no shifter paddle possibly.

None of that matters. A massive dinner plate sprocket on the back is not slave.

50x10 is taller than 53x11, but agreed that dinner plate cassettes aren’t slave.

50 1x with 11-23 maybe...

But the clutched mech is heavy, the arm is longer and the cassette is much much heavier.
Same thing than the frame pump some pages back, because it's cool and practical in a gravel/tourer/Instagram bike doesn't it make cool in every bike. Race bikes be racey IMO

That would be useless but to crits = Million slave points

I have 50t chainring 1x setup on my Caad12 and feel guilty that I have a cassette that goes up to 32t on it. It gets me up Swains, Mott Street and other hills out in Essex without a problem.

If I wanted to do some more serious climbing and stay with 1x I'd be sizing down the chainring and getting a hub that can take 10t sprockets.

hills ...... Essex

sorry?

Engine11 are the new Aventon, no?

Don't apologise. There are some things called hills out in Essex. I'm not trying to say they're anything special, hence why I can run 1x with a decent sized chainring without a problem.

I preferred it when we just used to criticise valve alignment and saddle angles.

The Engine 11 looks fun.

Really big fan of your bike.
But your valve alignment is slightly off...

I don't think so. They're not as tryhard and the frame sets look rad. Somehow they're quite popular in Korea but nowhere else I think

That's the spirit

Ugly skewers too.

They've been replaced by some Shimano ones now. Chainring has also been upgraded to the Force version.

you are quite flexible .. for a dad 🥁

grooming

44 x 11-28 on my road bike atm, I'm no monster but it gets you around the peaks

44 x 11-28
the peaks

50 x 11-32
the essex

is this like east coast west coast rap beef?

Red22 is the HHest groupset