[Closed] 1x11 Ratio - what's yours?

32 round, 11-42, 26" HT, fairly easy bridleway bashing, could be fitter but could have gone for a 34 up front.

30R, 11-42, 27.5, 6" FS, Mountains, CbF

30 round, 11-42, 650B HT, forests/hills, overweight aging unfit ex-IT desk jockey.

32 oval, 10-42, 29er, fs 150/140, everything, gsoh

(OK, it did have a 30 but I broke the cranks, I preferred that setup but this one was bits I had in the garage after I broke the SLs so is "free")

also 28 oval, 11-42, 26er (fat), rigid, everything, DDF

32 round, 11-42, 27.5 140/160 FS, fairly hilly, decent fitness.

30 Oval, 11-42, 29", FS 140/120, Very Hilly, Old Man (but climb better than many +20 years younger)

32 oval, 10-42, 29", hard tail XC race bike, bit of everything, whippet.

28t round, 11-42 (11 speed), 650b Lapierre Spicy, towards the whippet end of the spectrum, ride in Surrey Hills and the Mendips in the UK and mountains abroad. Works for me.

30 round, 11-40, 29+, rigid steel, all purpose, too fat and needs a 42 on the back.

Oops, mines is 1x10.

28 round, 10-42, 29", FS (150mm travel), hilly and trail centres, CbF

34 Oval 11/40 (11 speed) 26" XC Hardtail, XC some hills CBF, also 32 oval and 16t on singlespeed rigid

32t round / 11-42t / 29'er XC FS / everything / frankly awesome 24hr soloist (in my world if this summer is anything to go by, I also nearly won a sportive once )

32 Oval, 11-42, 650B, FS160mm TC/Hilly, CbF.

Only been oval for a few days, 1 easy ride with the young 'un - jury is still out.

32 oval, 10-42 on both fs and hard tail

32R 11-42 29er FS CBF
32R 16 Rigid 29er CBMF!

30 round 10-42 on my 29er HT
30 round 9-44 on my 29er FS
36 round 10-42 on my CX/Gravel bike

32 oval 10-42 27.5 fs 130mm everything.

34oval, 11-40, 650b FS, Hilly, could always be a bit fitter but do alright.

30t oval,10-42 on a 29er hard tail trail bike. Above average fitness but pushing to high gear ( for me ) just kills my legs.

30t round, 10 - 42, 26" fatty, varied, A couple off dead 🙂

30 round, 11-42, 650b, FS, Mountains, CbF

26 32t 10-42
29 race/xc 32t 11-42
Had 34 for a while but prefer 32.

34 Oval, 11-50 (!), 29, HT, Hilly XC, reasonably fit but always working at it

Set up gives me a good blend of top end and winch gear to pull me up the steepest hills

30 round x 11-40 (29er hardtail)
30 round x 11-40 (29er full suss)

Hilly / mountains, reasonably fit.

30t round, 10-42, 27.5, FS, bit of everything, reasonable fitness

32t 42-10 round 26 HT
30t 42-10 round 26x4.6 HT
32t 42-10 round 27.5 125mm FS
30t 42-10 round 27.5 160mm FS
32t 42-10 round 27.5+ 135mm FS ebike

Bit of everything, could be a lot fitter

34 Oval, 11-42, 26", 160mm FS, Hilly(ish) Surrey Hills, fairly fit and with anything less that a 34 on the 26" I find I'm spinning out too often. New 27.5" bike soon so will be interesting to see if I can still handle the 34 or need to go down to 32.

38 round, 11-32+46 on my HT, I find I'm riding off the block on a 32

28t round 11-42t 650b 150mm full susser (would be oval but for stupid hope mount on their cranks)
26t oval 11-42t fat bike - great ratio for crawling up and over anything
30t round 11-42 29er xc whippet

32 xt 11/46 jones+
my heft needs to be winched.

32 round, 11-42, 26" wheels, full sus

34 round, 17, 26" wheels, singlespeed

Calderdale, need to get fitter and lighter.

32T Oval, 10-42 - 170/160mm FS
32T Oval, 10-42 - 140/140mm FS

Ride in reasonably hilly areas (4000ft in 15-20 miles), gets up everything all day long.

32T round, 10-42, 130mm full sus, few hills, trying to get fitter.

32 x 11x32, climb up anything and is pretty good top gear wise until you hit a long downhill forest road, but bloody love it on my boardman 26er, 9 speed though.

26t round,11-42, 29 er ,lakes and similar, average fitness 54 yr old.

30T round 10-42 29er HT, Hilly/TC CbF
30T round 11-42 26 140mm FS Hilly/TC CbF

32 oval with 11-40 29 Full suss. Which is OK if I'm not racing, thinking of going for a 45 tooth on the back to give me an endurance bail out gear.

32T round 11-42 Travers RUSSTi 27.5+ and 29er wheels, I swap to a 30T for endurance events.

32 oval 11-40 26" HT. Right for local area (leicestershire). Would like a higher 10. Struggled in the Lakes, just about right for the Peaks. I always could be fitter (I'm convalescing with broken collarbone), It's going to be a struggled when I eventually get back on the bike. (Oh it's 10 speed not 11)

I changed my BFE to 36 x 11-40 I was using it for commuting around Dundee (excellent cycling town IMO) one Sunny evening I decided to drive over to Balkello and have a mooch, the climb up to Balkello Fort shredded my thighs, some of the locals on their bouncy bikes regarded me as some kind of maniac, but were very pleasant nonetheless.

32 oval, 11-42 works well for me on everything except very steep hills that can be a struggle.

32 oval - 11/50 di2, ALL, CBF 😆

34 tooth oval chainrings, running either 10-42 or 11-42 depending on wheels. Riding 650B hard tail or 650B full sus, both set up very XC race.

Live in Leicestershire, so rolling countryside. Pretty fit (can normally hold my own in Expert cat XC).

36t round, 11-40, 29er 120mm/100mm xc FS. Mostly use only as my XC race bike, bit of sunny Chilterns singletrack, the odd Afan visit. Whippet.

30R 10-42 27.5 Fs 150mm mountains
34oval 11-42 26 hardtail
30R 11-50 fatty hardtail

Love the 1x11 setup but would still like a lower gear on the Fs.

42 (round) 11-36 for a bit of variety!
Gnarmac. Just got back from 2/3rds of Dr P's tour de SE England.....

34t round
11-40 cassette
Rigid 29er
Everything- Touring, bikepacking, trail centres, hill climbing, Yorkshire moors riding (don't know how to label this)

Honestly would prefer to fit a 36 or 38 for the touring stuff but chainstays are too broad so I make do.

36q-ring oval 10-42 29er Rigid - Local
34q-ring oval 10-42 29er 100mm FS - Local, Events
34 10-42 650b 120mm FS for the rough / peak

30t round
10-42
650b 160mm full sus
Peak District
CbF (and lighter)

Wife has the same but 11-46 so it gives the same bottom gear as her old 3x9.