V20 gearing options

[Charles.Plager]

After many years with various cruzbikes, last year I finally got my hands on a V20. Fabulous.

I'm not entirely in love with the seat but that's pretty standard for cruz bikes and I'll come back to this later. What I really notice is it's just not geared anywhere near low enough. And then high end is also not quite high enough.

This is the standard v20 build out with a 50/30 front crank and an 11 to 34 I'm guessing rear cassette.

So my thought is to replace the front crank with a mountain bike front crank. That gets me something closer to 24-48 or 22-48 double.

On the standard cranks, bike wheel, has anyone experienced or experimented with getting, instead of an 11-to-whatever cassette, a 10-to-whatever cassette? How much surgery would be required for that?

I would like to keep the S-RAM rival brifters working for this.

Cheers, Charles

 

[Henri]

On the standard cranks, bike wheel, has anyone experienced or experimented with getting, instead of an 11-to-whatever cassette, a 10-to-whatever cassette?

As far as I know, classic HG freehub only allows for 11t smallest cog. Newer ones allow 10t (and even 9t, at least as aftermarket on some. I've got an e*thirteen 9-45 for SRAM XD/XDR. On the V20c I have 1x with 10-52 and if I needed some more I'd go with 9-50 or 9-52.)

 

[Frito Bandito]

As far as I know, classic HG freehub only allows for 11t smallest cog. Newer ones allow 10t (and even 9t, at least as aftermarket on some. I've got an e*thirteen 9-45 for SRAM XD/XDR. On the V20c I have 1x with 10-52 and if I needed some more I'd go with 9-50 or 9-52.)

Yes, the HG's limit is 11t. It will work with 11 and 12 speed cassettes, but getting a 10t or even a 9t is either a SRAM driver or Microshift AFAIK. Thank you for the e*thirteen recommendation. I just found that they have a 7-speed 9-24t cassette.

 

[cpml123]

After many years with various cruzbikes, last year I finally got my hands on a V20. Fabulous.

I'm not entirely in love with the seat but that's pretty standard for cruz bikes and I'll come back to this later. What I really notice is it's just not geared anywhere near low enough. And then high end is also not quite high enough.

This is the standard v20 build out with a 50/30 front crank and an 11 to 34 I'm guessing rear cassette.

So my thought is to replace the front crank with a mountain bike front crank. That gets me something closer to 24-48 or 22-48 double.

On the standard cranks, bike wheel, has anyone experienced or experimented with getting, instead of an 11-to-whatever cassette, a 10-to-whatever cassette? How much surgery would be required for that?

I would like to keep the S-RAM rival brifters working for this.

Cheers, Charleson

I have 2018 V20 with Sram 2x10 gearing. Front is 52x34. Back is 40x11. It's low enough to get me up to 12% slope while still retaining great top speed.

 

[Henri]

I just found that they have a 7-speed 9-24t cassette.

(But read the text: Only compatible with special wheels/hubs.)

 

[3bs]

old news from me but relevant. for many years now i have been running sram force and/or rival 2x10 11-36 rear wickworks 53/34 on a 165 sram crank. answers both of your issues. i have ran as big as 40, so its 34-40, but the chain take up is an issue that doesnt exist on the 36, and i can run fun range on both chainrings. i have same setup on both s40 and v20. i haven not run a triple on a v but my sofrider is set up with a shimano mb triple 3x9. its is unstoppable..