My 'normal' road bike has 50/34 chainrings and an 11-32 cassette. If I could stay off the dirt/gravel roads, I'd probably run an 11-28 on that particular bike. The 10-42 cassette definitely stands out when compared to conventionally sized cogs.

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I am considering converting my 2012 Cervelo P3 to 1x11 and would like to get rid of the front mech hanger. Does anyone know how to remove the mech hanger without damaging the frame and could it be reversed if it didn't work out?

I agree, I cant imagine it being as efficient for the road bike. Gravel, cross, TT....yes.

is it a difficult conversion? I can't remember the last time I used the small ring (and that is riding a 53 up front and 11-23 cassette) so was thinking of going to 1x. As I recently crashed and am having to fix some bits of my bike including the extensions this is a chance to make the change.

Do I just remove the front derailer, change the crank, and remove the shifter and cable?

Yep, removed the FD, had to break the chain, swap chainring - boom.

That being said I didn't do a great job on the chain breaking...

Did end up taking it to the ship to rewire and reprogram the Di2, and fix up my chain.

What bikes are you guys riding this year?

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I have a similar question: does anyone know if a Rotor Q-Ring can be used on the 2016 Specialized Allez 1x setup? I currently run 52/36 Aero Q-Rings on my S3 and R3. The Allez would be for circuit races and crits. Or would I be better of converting my S3 Di2 to a 1x setup, saving $$$$ ? -Thoughts?

how do you take uphills?

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Hi, you can use the QCX1 for now :

http://www.bike24.com/p2106569.html


But this is for CX at the start so there's only till 44teeth


However Rotor is planning to release road version with bigger chainring, you can see them here, after the "Uno" group presentation :
http://www.bikerumor.com/2015/08/26/eb15-rotor-uno-hydraulic-road-group-first-look-tech-details/