O.T. - Cycle Advice

[starting_11]

Anyone got any experience of a 12 speed groupset?

I've currently got an XC MTB with Shimano 10spd 11-36T with a Raceface Ride Double 24-36T crank. Top speed is around 30 odd MPH but you have to give it about 200rpm going downhill.

I'd be interested at looking at an 11 speed on a single ring or possibly a 12 speed. 12 speeds are eye-wateringly expensive though.

Any other ideas to get more speed out of my XC machine?

Anyone still running 3 ring bikes? No one even seems to do 2 ring in the last couple of years.

[deanothedino]

Well good on you but if you can go that hard without sustenance you are a freak. You’re also not doing it in the 2-3 hours you referred to earlier.

I wasn’t going hard, the only person making out they ride hard all the time is you.

I never said you had to do the whole ride in 2-3 hours did I? I said you shouldn’t need to eat continuously for riding for 2-3 hours. I didn’t, I didn’t eat until 2.5hours after I started riding and I didn’t eat at all before riding.

[deanothedino]

Anyone got any experience of a 12 speed groupset?

I've currently got an XC MTB with Shimano 10spd 11-36T with a Raceface Ride Double 24-36T crank. Top speed is around 30 odd MPH but you have to give it about 200rpm going downhill.

I'd be interested at looking at an 11 speed on a single ring or possibly a 12 speed. 12 speeds are eye-wateringly expensive though.

Any other ideas to get more speed out of my XC machine?

Anyone still running 3 ring bikes? No one even seems to do 2 ring in the last couple of years.

1x11 is the standard for a MTB now. 12 speed will be just like 11 speed with an extra gear. You probably won’t notice a difference at all.

The only way to go faster is to fit a bigger front ring or pedal faster. 36x11 is a very small gear. On a road bike down hill you’d have 50x11 at least available normally and that’s enough for most people before it becomes more efficient to just get aero.

[Garnerssoap]

I cycled to the pub twice this Week. I’m still fat. Gig’s a con job.

[piston broke]

I wasn’t going hard, the only person making out they ride hard all the time is you.

I never said you had to do the whole ride in 2-3 hours did I? I said you shouldn’t need to eat continuously for riding for 2-3 hours. I didn’t, I didn’t eat until 2.5hours after I started riding and I didn’t eat at all before riding.

Well Billy Bigbollox you. This thread was a guy wanting advice on a bike. You’ve turned it into a keyboard war to tell everyone how great you are. I never mentioned speed at all, you did. I said I go hard, I do and because of that I refuel regularly.
My hard might not be your hard but I’m 65yo. Nobody wants to be bored by speed stats so I’ll leave you to admire yourself.

[Wile E Coyote]

Advice sought from knowledgeable UTC cyclists

At 42 years old, with a sedentary lifestyle and a liking for anything alcoholic, I'm in severe danger of turning into a fat knacker. So I'm thinking of buying a bicycle, mainly for road riding in and around London (I know, I need my head testing) and I'm wondering what sort of bike I should buy. I'm quite taken with the idea of a bike that is no-nonsense, solid, few bits and bobs to go wrong on it and not too expensive to replace when it inevitably gets nicked. Critically, I'm thinking of going single speed. This is the bike I'm thinking of: https://s2pbikes.co.uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

So the question is: is a single speed bike a good option or should I be upping the budget to, say, £600/£700 and going for an all-rounder with a range of gears?

Sausage, just buy a bike and pedal it around,
It seems nothing is safe from the technical bores. Every sport or hobby HAS to be invaded by people who make up their own special language to keep out the inquisitive.

[Clarinetclaret]

You might not go at my speed and the hills I climb? When I go I go hard.

And what's the bleeding point if you can't handle it? If you can't ride for 2 hours without eating your body weight in food then you're doing it all wrong. You need more sense than exercise

[starting_11]

Sausage, just buy a bike and pedal it around,
It seems nothing is safe from the technical bores. Every sport or hobby HAS to be invaded by people who make up their own special language to keep out the inquisitive.

Nothing worse than when a CAMRA member starts talking to you in a pub...

[deanothedino]

Well Billy Bigbollox you. This thread was a guy wanting advice on a bike. You’ve turned it into a keyboard war to tell everyone how great you are. I never mentioned speed at all, you did. I said I go hard, I do and because of that I refuel regularly.
My hard might not be your hard but I’m 65yo. Nobody wants to be bored by speed stats so I’ll leave you to admire yourself.

Are you a parody?

I just pointed out he was getting duff advice, you’re the one going on about “going hard”, how I might not go as fast or climb as much as you do and needing to eat a ton. Average person just riding their bike can go hours without food. Just enjoy riding a bike and get a grip of yourself.

It’s simple

1) buy a bike
2) ride the bike for as far/long as you want

My advice is buy a gravel/adventure bike. Don’t bother with a mountain bike, they’re heavier and if you end up on the road a lot you’ll get frustrated with how hard it is to go faster.

A gravel bike is basically a road frame with more tyre clearance and, normally, easier gears for the difficult off-road hills. A gravel bike can take you on the road, on tow paths, bridleways, pretty much anywhere you’d want to go. You’ll have a lot of fun on it and if you do it often for a few hours you’ll lose weight provided you don’t use it as an excuse to stuff your face later.