I've been riding my Superfly now for a few months and love it, it was the right choice for me bike wise, I am a larger guy and the frame suits me very well, I've found that during my rides I have not used the lower gear once, so in light of this and also having an urge to attempt a small mods to the bike I have decided to make the bike a 1x10 and also swap out the handlebars, I find I am bent over a bit too much on the bike and usually when riding find my hands pulling back a little so only my finger tips are on the bars, not the best for stability, so out comes a little $ and an attempt to do a few cosmetic and enhancements to the bike
Thought I'd document my conversion of the Superfly 5 to 1x10 so anyone wanting to do the same has a reference point.
My main reasons for the conversion are:
- I have not used the lower ring on my 2x setup since I bought the bike, around 2 months now, 6 different trails
- I like the clean look of the 1x10 setups
- I want to attempt a mechanical change to the bike so I can become more adept at bike mechanics, a crank ring change seemed a good place to start
- The conversion is relatively cheap and if I don't like it it won't be too difficult to go back to 2x
- Cause I want to
Trek Superfly 5 2015 model
Stock Crank: Race Face Ride (22/36)
Stock Cassette: 11-36 Shimano HG50 10 Speed
Parts were ordered from Wiggle on the 11th Feb, will keep a record of the conversion and any problems I run into, will also post pics as parts arrive
Additional parts ordered to fit out: The bar has an additional 14mm rise over the stock bar and an additional 2 deg of upsweep, hopefully this will alleviate the tendency for me to pull back and rest my hands on their tips when cruising and assist my while I build up more core strength to get lower
The grips, well they looked cool and the reviews looked positive enough to try them out, plus i have large mitts so hopefully that will help with a firmer grip for me.
Jack