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Bicycling

frylock

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6. if he's running a 1x9 setup, the chainring is likely to be a 36 or 38..

Reply to happyslug (Reply #5)

Tue Jul 8, 2014, 01:58 PM

Jul 2014

his 2009 rig lists a standard triple crank with MTB gearing. a lot of builders are eliminating the big ring outright these days, with the exception of true XC bikes. I recently purchased a 2013 Giant Trance X1 29er, and it was setup as 2x10, which is fine, because I can't even remember the last time I used the big ring on any of my bikes. pulled it off my other trail bike a few years ago and replaced it with a bashguard.

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