MTB Drivetrain Podcast: We Weigh in on Oval Chainrings, Belt Drives, and Internal Gears
Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast
Singletracks.com
4.7 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2018
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
In this podcast re-share, we talk about 1X vs. 2X mountain bike drivetrain configurations, gearing, and performance. Not only that, we talk about electronic shifting, oval chainrings, belt-driven drivetrains, and internally geared setups. We’ll be back in 2019 with a fresh slate of podcast interviews and mountain bike topics for the New Year, so Happy Trails until then!
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| 0:16.3 | Until the 2nd of February from 11am includes one pre-selected book or toy whilst it's last. |
| 0:20.2 | This week we're resharing one of your favorite episodes from the single tracks podcast archive, |
| 0:25.2 | which now includes over 200 episodes. We'll be back in 2019 with a fresh slate of podcast interviews |
| 0:31.4 | and mountain bike topics for the new year. So, happy trails until then. |
| 0:36.3 | Hey, everybody, welcome to the single tracks podcast. My name is Jeff and today Aaron and |
| 0:42.3 | Greg and I are going to be talking about mountain bike drive trains. In this discussion, |
| 0:47.2 | we're going to start off talking about the pros and cons of one by versus two by and three by |
| 0:53.3 | drive trains because that's still a hot topic among a lot of |
| 0:57.2 | our readers. We're also going to talk about some of the differences between the different group |
| 1:02.3 | levels, so SLX versus XT and XTR and on the SRAM side, how the X rating system works for |
| 1:10.4 | them as well. And then we're also going to talk about |
| 1:13.5 | some alternative drive trains that are out there. So some of the geared drive trains that you |
| 1:19.1 | might have heard about. We'll talk about oval chain rings and also DI2. So let's jump right |
| 1:25.7 | into it and start talking about drive train configurations. |
| 1:30.2 | Greg and Aaron, how do you guys have your drive train set up? |
| 1:33.2 | I'm a one by for life. |
| 1:35.4 | I've got to tat it on my chest. |
| 1:38.3 | That's how about that one by life I am. |
| 1:41.1 | No, I prefer one by on my personal bikes, at least on my mountain bikes. I know that |
| 1:47.5 | Sram has done some one by drive trains for like gravel and road, but with the hills we have |
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