>>1208534I could picture 40 x 11-32 as a pretty decent setup for casually biking around flatlandia.
It sounds hella dumb for gravel/adventure biking. You're gonna hate the lack of low gears when you're pushwacking up a steep fire road while gear'd up for an overnighter.
40-11 is a pretty low top gear. I roll with 44-11, and even that is low enough that I'll spin out pretty regularly. And frankly, I'm not particularly fast.
>>1208536This guys gets it
>Keep in mind all the serious old adventure/bikepacking grumps out there use by and swear by 3 cogs upfront. You've seen these guys. They care not for fashion or coolness or getting laid or talking to other human beings. They run 3 cogs up front.#triplesforever. You'll pry my 44/32/22 x 11-28, 3x9 setup from my cold, dead hands.
Pic: my morning climb tomorrow.
>>1208552>1x on gravel/adventure is a meme anyhow. Even if you get a decent bottom gear (and you do want 1:1 or less ideally) the spread is going to be horrible.1x is a meme for road bikes and Iowa/Kansas type gravel cycling. The shitty gaps between gears are kinda-acceptable for adventure/bikepacking stuff or wyobraska-style gravel cycling.
>>1208559>50/34 11-28 is the most ubiquitous gearingIt's good shit.
And for reference, a 1x setup with a 10-42 cassette will have about as much gear range as that 50/34 x 11-28. So OP's proposed setup is pretty tight.
>topographylet I lol'd
