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Brands like Rotor and e*thirteen are finding new and innovative ways to add more range to one-by mountain bike drivetrains.

The post Rotor’s 13-speed MTB Drivetrain Inches Forward, New e*thirteen Cassette Boasts 556% Range appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

We talk about 1X vs. 2X mountain bike drivetrain configurations, gearing, and performance plus electronic shifting, oval chainrings, belt-driven drivetrains, and internally geared setups.

The post MTB Drivetrain Podcast: We Weigh in on Oval Chainrings, Belt Drives, and Internal Gears appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

Rotor introduces a 13-speed hydraulically-actuated drivetrain for road and mountain bikes. All new derailleur, cassettes, hubs, and shifters.

The post 13-Speed Hydraulic MTB Drivetrain From Rotor at Eurobike appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

e*thirteen is touting their new TRS Plus cassette that has a range of 511%, which bests SRAM’s Eagle cassettes at 500%. And they manage to do it with 11 gears as opposed to the 12 on SRAM’s latest groups. The TRS+ cassette starts with a tiny 9-tooth cog and goes up to a 46-tooth. These are the …

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Gear up, because we’re about to cover a lot of ground. In this episode, we talk about 1X vs. 2X configurations, gearing, and performance. Not only that, we talk about electronic shifting, oval chainrings, belt-driven drivetrains, and internally geared setups.

The post Podcast: Pretty Much Everything You Need to Know About MTB Drivetrains appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.