tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36151678.post1514103299619680797..comments2024-03-26T04:02:22.355-07:00Comments on Waltworks Bicycles: An Open Letter to Shimano - Make Us Some 11 Speed!Walthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09156620599767391579noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36151678.post-55545860170331066902013-10-04T20:37:07.145-07:002013-10-04T20:37:07.145-07:00There's also Rohloff. I'd never go back to...There's also Rohloff. I'd never go back to derailleurs.<br /><br />After several hundred miles of break-in and practice, shifting is almost as smooth as derailleurs were.Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01705216128276218311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36151678.post-50093287506124989472013-09-30T11:15:45.780-07:002013-09-30T11:15:45.780-07:00I have no personal experience with this product, n...I have no personal experience with this product, nor am I affiliated with the company, but it points to another variation Shimano/others might try:<br /><br />http://canfieldbrothers.com/components/9-tooth-rear-hub<br /><br />Canfield makes a micro drive hub that can take a 9t cassette cog. By replacing four of the cogs on a SRAM cassette, you have a 9-36 tooth cassette; a 4:1 range vs. the XX1 4.2:1 range. For roughly the same gearing, a 28 tooth chainring would be equivalent to XX1 with a 32 tooth chainring.<br /><br />Downsides are being locked into one and only one hub/company, a big gearing jump at the high speed end of the gearing vs. the low speed side, limited cassette choices and limited chainring options, due to the lower number of teeth required.<br /><br />If Shimano is behind the eight ball, on move to 1x gearing, they might try Canfield's approach vs. duplicating the XX1 direction. Then again, perhaps not. In either case, this is another variation on the 1x theme.<br /><br />ScottScottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36151678.post-88250937500865085092013-09-26T10:44:31.854-07:002013-09-26T10:44:31.854-07:00Love my modified 7-speed (13-32 9sp cassette, redu...Love my modified 7-speed (13-32 9sp cassette, reduced by two) with my single 30t ring up front, thumbies shifters. Dish-less, minimal, durability, crisp shifting, and cheaper. To each his own to be sure, but some old-school tech wasn't broke to begin with.Mitchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36151678.post-30892927160248840302013-09-25T11:20:12.342-07:002013-09-25T11:20:12.342-07:00We've had good luck running the race face narr...We've had good luck running the race face narrow/wide 30t chainring and a 11-36 cassette...very close to the same bottom end...gregclimbshttp://beehivebicycles.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36151678.post-48217667350839286702013-09-25T10:46:53.967-07:002013-09-25T10:46:53.967-07:00Its on its way, don't worry..
Probably in tes...Its on its way, don't worry..<br /><br />Probably in testing right now.<br /><br />Except that it will use the Shimano 11sp road free hub standard, which with a spacer will be backwards compatible for 10/9sp cassettes. <br /><br />It won't be released until its working very well, and at the xtr level will be electronic.NickShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13972322140815237026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36151678.post-88159091746544310452013-09-25T09:25:03.529-07:002013-09-25T09:25:03.529-07:00Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.dickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03401580852665925613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36151678.post-73530924403590313412013-09-25T09:18:19.078-07:002013-09-25T09:18:19.078-07:00We hopen' to see something like this at the sh...<br /><br /> We hopen' to see something like this at the show the new<br /> Thing from Shimano this year was full hydro disc brakes<br /> For rode bikes<br /><br /> TodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com