1 x 12 drivetrain upgrade 135mm qr axle details if anyones interested

[Str33tf1ghter]

Changed my old Moots up to a 1x12 Sram AXS drivetrain, my biggest problem encountered was trying to get a decent and lightweight cassette to fit the 135mm axled HG 9spd freehub on these Mavic Crossmax SLR's, after much hunting I found a company, GARBARUK.com in Poland who make the most epic cassettes ever!!! , they did this 12spd Sram/Shimano compatible spacing 11-52 cassette that fits straight to a std HG freehub , no mods needed bolts straight up!!
So far soo good, 1 x 12 is amazing, just a note too, the whole cassette only weighs 330grams!!!! its an amazing bit of engineering!! running a 34t up front as well.

IF anyone's interested the whole bike weighs 9kg

 

[hamster]

OK now do the scary bit: how much is that spangly cassette?

 

[Str33tf1ghter]

well its not that cheap, but you retro guys have loads of money so not an issue lol , By the time it arrived with all import duties,vat etc it was around £300

 

[hamster]

well its not that cheap, but you retro guys have loads of money so not an issue lol , By the time it arrived with all import duties,vat etc it was around £300

£300

That's what us retro guys expect to pay for a bike! Anyway, what does it do that 2x10 or 3x7 cannot? (Apart from wear out faster)

 

[Frankenorange]

£300

That's what us retro guys expect to pay for a bike! Anyway, what does it do that 2x10 or 3x7 cannot? (Apart from wear out faster)

With some clever spending of £300, for new and lightly used parts, you could have 1x11 XTR and much lighter other components. There are lots of 100's of grams to be saved that will be noticed more than 1 more cog.

 

[Lucidone]

Not one for me but interesting to see how it can be done and yes, it does look like a nice bit of engineering.

Great looking bike, bet it's fun to ride!

 

[Mod-Master]

well its not that cheap, but you retro guys have loads of money so not an issue lol , By the time it arrived with all import duties,vat etc it was around £300

Not sure where you heard that….

We all had loads of money, but then we got into retro bikes…

 

[greencat]

For those of you looking to do it on a budget, a 12 speed SRAM SX/NX cassette would fit on a standard freehub and be rather cheaper, but also heavier. Personally, I think 10spd Deore is the sweet spot - gets you down to a 46t cassette and gets me up most things with a 30t chainset.

Your moots does look very swish though...