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The 3 x 8 will be the main gotcha with that, even with budget bikes, they
are going 1by, which makes sense as most folks particularly if itrCOs a leisure hybrid etc, arenrCOt using the full range of gears. My old commute bike was on 1 x9 until I upgraded to Shimano Cues as something broke and would have taken longer than I was prepared to be without a commute bike
for, plus itrCOs somewhat better.
On 8/4/2025 1:39 PM, Roger Merriman wrote:
The 3 x 8 will be the main gotcha with that, even with
budget bikes, they
are going 1by, which makes sense as most folks
particularly if itrCOs a
leisure hybrid etc, arenrCOt using the full range of gears.
My old commute
bike was on 1 x9 until I upgraded to Shimano Cues as
something broke and
would have taken longer than I was prepared to be without
a commute bike
for, plus itrCOs somewhat better.
There are some 3x8 with Shimano Tourney, which is a
problematic groupset.
I did find one 3x8 Shimano Claris, but with drop bars.
Conversion to flat bars would cost me about $125 for Claris
flat bar shifters, 4 finger flat bar Tektro brake levers,
and handlebars. Might need to change the stem, not sure, so
it could end up at $160 or so.
I really did not want "a project," but am resigned to it
now. It's okay. I did the drop bar to flat bar conversion on
my wife's road bike and it was easy. Just annoying to throw
away the old brifters and bars.
My current road bike can't really be converted to a gravel-
like bike, the clearance for larger tires is not there.
Mechanical discs are on two mountain bikes in our fleet, and
they've been fine. Everyone I know rails against hydraulic
discs as being great when they work but problematic when
they leak oil.
In my area, so many of the good rides end up with some steep
inclines. Perhaps a 22 year old would be fine with a 1x9,
1x10, 1x11 or 1x12, but it's not good enough for a senior
who needs that "granny gear." One of me exes opted for a
custom titanium with a 3x8 Sora groupset, but she spent
several thousand dollars on it.
Don't really need a dynamo wheel.
Campagnolo Ekar 1x13 ranges from high 104 inches (plenty big in our age group; no need for the 114 high gear option) to low 23 inches.-a Your present bike is unlikely to be geared lower than that!
On 8/11/2025 12:33 PM, AMuzi wrote:
Campagnolo Ekar 1x13 ranges from high 104 inches (plenty big in our age
group; no need for the 114 high gear option) to low 23 inches.-a Your
present bike is unlikely to be geared lower than that!
That's good, but that groupset is over $600.
What I'm looking at in the 3x8 is 121 to 24, though I could swap the 30 teeth chain ring for a 26 and do 121 to 20.