Greetings,
I have been enamered with the discussion of the 2x9 instead of the 3x9 for the weight savings and the supposed deletion of the overlapping gears . But one thing that has to be asked: "Where the hell do you guys live?" :D

The rides we do here in CO are out of the car, do 2 circles in the parking lot and start to climb for 30 minutes and then start the loop, ie Mt Falcon, White Ranch, Apex, Lair of the Bear, Dear Creek and others.

If you are using a 2x9 setup, what seems to work best for chainrings and cassettes?

Thanks in advance

Yetirich

hey, i live in longmont and run a 2x9, and a SS.

my 2x9 is 32/24 front with a bash ring, and 11-34 in the back. thsi is a good setup if you don't race. if you race, maybe do something like a 24/38 front, and 11-34 rear. i dunno.

i've ridden all of those trails, and can do most parts of them staying in my 32. ride at hall ranch a lot, and have never been in the granny there. my granny gets the most use higher up in the mountains.

my SS is 32x20, and i can ride a lot of the same stuff on it.

what do you have on your bike now, gearing wise?

Greetings,
I have been enamered with the discussion of the 2x9 instead of the 3x9 for the weight savings and the supposed deletion of the overlapping gears . But one thing that has to be asked: "Where the hell do you guys live?" :D

The rides we do here in CO are out of the car, do 2 circles in the parking lot and start to climb for 30 minutes and then start the loop, ie Mt Falcon, White Ranch, Apex, Lair of the Bear, Dear Creek and others.

If you are using a 2x9 setup, what seems to work best for chainrings and cassettes?

Thanks in advance

Yetirich

It does not save much weight. The only thing you are taking off is the small ring and the bolts and spacers.

I like the 2xwhatever because of the toggle switch front shifting. I have used a 2x7 in the past (45/28 x 12-34) and now have a 2x9 (42/32 x 11-32) for the few rides I do not use my singlespeed. The Oregon Cascades and Coast Range have many climbs that last for an hour or more.

you don't save much. my bashring is heavier, by a longshot, than the big ring it replaced!

A SS or a 1x9 will save you more. Ran a 1x9 with a 32 front with bashring and jumpstop back east, but the westerly sustained climbs made me put the granny back on the geard bike. Toying with the idea of going to a 30 front, with the 11-34 rear. "I'd still have enough high for most of what I ride, and enough low. Doable, considering I ride my SS on half the stuff too; then again, it's also about 8 pounds lighter than my gearie!

I think I just talked myself into it......

I am currently running a 1 x 9, using a 34 Chainring up front and a 11-34 cassette. I find I can get over most mountains and it is very mountainous where I ride. Just knowing that you are in the lowest gear and cannot do anything about it makes you get used to it. You just have to learn to do the slow grind.

I run a 2x9 on my hybrid 39/48 front with a 11/34 rear. The road right out the front door is at a 16% grade- most of my rides start out climbing and end climbing. After some time one gets use to climbing the old school way- brute force and zig-zaging. The upside is that when I get on the VT climbing offroad is much easier since I can now power through most anything or sit back and use the granny gears and keep my heart rate at reasonable levels even on the nasty long steep climbs.