Thinking of building up a SRAM Force 1 road bike. Anyone already done this?
Given that a 22 speed drive-train really only offers 16 sequential ratios, my only concern is up to 30% taller steps between ratios for a 1x transmission.
SRAM Force 1
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Re: SRAM Force 1
Postby softy » Fri Jan 22, 2016 8:28 pm
I have built a 1× 10 sram red on a cervelo S5. Works really well and the changes are so simple and clean. The thing you notice is bigger steps on the cassette when you are into a headwind and one gear is to much and the other you slightly gain speed, so you flick back and forth.
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Re: SRAM Force 1
Postby DTdotcom » Tue Feb 02, 2016 10:30 am
What chainring/cassette combo did you go with?softy wrote:I have built a 1× 10 sram red on a cervelo S5. Works really well and the changes are so simple and clean. The thing you notice is bigger steps on the cassette when you are into a headwind and one gear is to much and the other you slightly gain speed, so you flick back and forth.
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Re: SRAM Force 1
Postby lock_ » Tue Feb 02, 2016 11:45 am
I built up a CAAD10 with Force1 a couple weeks back, works well. It's a general purpose training/commuting bike, so I'm hoping it'll be that little easier to keep clean.
Went for a 46 up front and a 11-32 on the back, lined up pretty well with the range of the 52/36-12/18 combo I usually ride (you should definitely checkout this tool).
Steps are noticeably bigger, but not as bad as I though it would be. The whole drivetrain seems noticeably quiter, sure the bike's new an clean, but there's just no noise at all. Even the biggest bumps won't cause chain-slap. That said the rear derailleur is a bit of a monster, it's HUGE.
Finished build pic
Went for a 46 up front and a 11-32 on the back, lined up pretty well with the range of the 52/36-12/18 combo I usually ride (you should definitely checkout this tool).
Steps are noticeably bigger, but not as bad as I though it would be. The whole drivetrain seems noticeably quiter, sure the bike's new an clean, but there's just no noise at all. Even the biggest bumps won't cause chain-slap. That said the rear derailleur is a bit of a monster, it's HUGE.
Finished build pic
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Re: SRAM Force 1
Postby DTdotcom » Tue Feb 02, 2016 3:10 pm
Cheers, looks nice. Congrats.lock_ wrote:I built up a CAAD10 with Force1 a couple weeks back, works well. It's a general purpose training/commuting bike, so I'm hoping it'll be that little easier to keep clean.
Went for a 46 up front and a 11-32 on the back, lined up pretty well with the range of the 52/36-12/18 combo I usually ride (you should definitely checkout this tool).
Steps are noticeably bigger, but not as bad as I though it would be. The whole drivetrain seems noticeably quiter, sure the bike's new an clean, but there's just no noise at all. Even the biggest bumps won't cause chain-slap. That said the rear derailleur is a bit of a monster, it's HUGE.
Finished build pic
I'm thinking 48T & 11-36
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Re: SRAM Force 1
Postby Crawf » Tue Feb 02, 2016 4:30 pm
You don't have to worry about the 'steps', you're Strava lead out train handles that.
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Re: SRAM Force 1
Postby DTdotcom » Tue Feb 02, 2016 4:38 pm
I'm more concerned with how many likes my #baaw will get on InstagramCrawf wrote:You don't have to worry about the 'steps', you're Strava lead out train handles that.
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Re: SRAM Force 1
Postby Crawf » Fri Feb 05, 2016 5:17 pm
I missed something, what happened to the Legend?
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Re: SRAM Force 1
Postby DTdotcom » Fri Feb 05, 2016 7:50 pm
Cracked the frame, new one getting made as we speakCrawf wrote:I missed something, what happened to the Legend?
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Re: SRAM Force 1
Postby DTdotcom » Sat Feb 06, 2016 1:54 pm
Yes & YesCrawf wrote:Warranty? New color?
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Re: SRAM Force 1
Postby softy » Sat Feb 06, 2016 8:20 pm
just fitted a q ring 39t up front and a 11t to 28t on the back. I also fitted aero base bars so had to fit a thumbie up front for the changing. Range of ratios is pretty good considering. So simple and i love the way the sharp sram red change, echos through the Cervelo VWD S5 frame.DTdotcom wrote:What chainring/cassette combo did you go with?softy wrote:I have built a 1× 10 sram red on a cervelo S5. Works really well and the changes are so simple and clean. The thing you notice is bigger steps on the cassette when you are into a headwind and one gear is to much and the other you slightly gain speed, so you flick back and forth.
I sort of copied this project, but used proline aerobars, kept the 10 speed mechanical with a thumbie.
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my effort:
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