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Fairlight Secan low gear options

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  • January 22, 2020 at 5:18 pm #30431
    julianrh

    I’ve ordered a Fairlight Secan with Shimano GRX 1X. What are my best options to get low gears? I can have a Shimano GRX 40 chain-ring with an 11-42 cassette, which I think is the lowest that GRX will go. However, I fancy going a bit lower but would rather not have a smaller chain-ring.

    I know I could go 2X with 46/30 and an 11-34 cassette, but I do fancy trying 1X. 

    Any suggestions gratefully received.  

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  • February 10, 2020 at 9:49 am #955335
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    Joe Totale

    1x is alright and I use it on

    1x is alright and I use it on my CX bike due to all the mud, however it’s nothing amazing.
    Why have you written it off? I personally still much prefer a 2x set up on the road. 

    February 2, 2020 at 3:35 pm #955333
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    oceandweller

    I have a 1x set-up, 38T oval

    I have a 1x set-up, 38T oval chainring with a SRAM 10-42T cassette, on my go anywhere bike & it works extremely well on & off road (switching between two wheelsets, one with 28mm slicks, the other with 40mm gravel tyres). I can just about keep up with the club run on the road & just about thrash my way up some fierce hills off road. When I first built the bike I fitted an 11-40T cassette & that didn’t quite cut it at either end of the range. I built the bike several years ago & at the time SRAM was the only way to get a better range in a 1x. However the XD-driver option is expensive, as are SRAM cassettes, & if I was building the same bike now I’d probably go with a GRX long cage mech + one of the 11-46’ish cassettes from Shimano or Sunrace.

    February 1, 2020 at 7:05 pm #955331
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    Danzxer

    https://www

    https://www.wolftoothcomponents.com/products/110-bcd-asymmetric-4-bolt-for-shimano-grx-cranks

    Wolftooth makes compatible chainrings but they only go as low as 38 tooth.

    January 22, 2020 at 7:39 pm #955329
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    CXR94Di2

    You can go low by reducing
    You can go low by reducing chainring or increasing cassette to 11-46 or Hope 10-48

    The only option is a double chainring- but you’ve dismissed that idea currently

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