OneUp Chain Rings for XT 11 Speed

 Read this and counted them; anyone else did too?

 Damn, there goes our Eurobike 12 speed launch!

 They might simply be showing how much larger the 45t cog is than the largest on the stock cassette.

 I don't even know why I did count. For some reason it just looked like too many. I literally counted ten times before commenting just to make sure

 The OCD is strong with this one....

 @OneUp Ha ha ha! I spat out beer.

 Everything is going + size now days... this is the new 11+ cassette. Haven't you heard?

 "Our 45T EXPANDER sprocket is compatible with both M8000 XT and M9000 XTR 11-40 11-speed cassettes."
Does that not mean it makes the cassette bigger? An add-on to an 11spd cassette?

 Love how most of the comments today have nothing to do with how things ride

 So One Up actually goes up to 12!

 Brisnclaw - You take one of the other sprockets out, genius.

 Get our new 185t and get rid of the rear Wheel....

 @sam264 - I really did not know that, thanks.

 Lol

 Personally I don't understand why people seem to focus mainly on range, when thinking about 1x drivetrains. I don't think the slightly smaller range of 1x11 when compared to a 2x10 or for example an older 3x9 setup is not much of an issue for most riders, if you are going to ride up really steep stuff just use a smaller chain ring. And where 28x42 is still to large you will be so much faster pushing your bike anyway... Coming from a road bike background in my youth, what I don't like about 1x drivetrains are the huge steps between gears...

 If you compare ratios, a 28/42 is almost the same as a 22/36 granny gear on a 2x10 system. .

1x systems still have a compromise between climbing and top end that may not suit everybody.

 I'm with @FuzzyL here - 28 front, 42 rear is the same as 24 front, 36 rear - which is generally the lowest gear you get on a 2x setup. That said - 28 front isn't all that easy to come by, you pretty much have to go spiderless direct mount for that, which increases cost of rings. To me, that's stupid, as the ring is a wear part. I can understand if they all want to stay with existing part specs for the 104 BCD stuff - and that just won't work with the smaller rings. But Shimano went with a custom bolt pattern for XT - how hard would it have been to go just a little smaller in diameter? 30 to 28 isn't that big a jump, so it's not like the bigger rings then turn into some sort of monstrosity. Same with SRAM and their 96 BCD BS - what's that all about? You're deviating from "standard" bolt patterns and end up with one that still can't accommodate 28T rings?

The 28T ring is not just a granny option for old farts (I say, while fully acknowledging that I'm an old fart). On a 29er (yep, people ride those - and while the industry would probably love to just make everything 27.5 and 27.5+, there's a really good case for good 29ers, and I have a hard time seeing those go away), 28x42 is a very doable climbing gear. 30x42 is still doable, but a little limiting. And 32x42 (as spec'd on most bikes in that category) is a disservice to most people buying them. I run ghetto 1x10 with a 26T Absolute Black NW chain ring and the stock 11x36 cassette that came with my 29er. That's about equivalent to 30x42 for the climbing gear. The stock setup was 24x36 for the climbing gear (with the 24/36 2 ring stock crankset). I miss that 1/2 gear, but can live with it. Everytime I ride a 29er that's set up with 32x42, I think to myself that's just a step too far.

 I run 34T FR and 11-36C on my 26" spitfire and 34T FR and 11-42C (ghetto 10 speed) 29" stache. Though where i live is not particularly hilly, there a lot of short sharp climbs (and i have tested both on longer hilled rides in Wales) i really don't see why people would want to go 28T or 30T on the front. If you need this small i think i 2x set up is best. With 32T or 34T (when 11 speed) you still get efficient pedaling on the flats and down but still very easily on the climbs.

 @mattvanders - long, sustained climbing. If you're riding long fire roads up, then being able to spin at a decent cadence is nice. And even on more technical climbs (where too small a gear makes little sense), where I live there often are less technical stretches that are all about grinding through. I can deal with .72 ratio (that's what you get with 26 Fr and 36 Rr - and it's about what you get with 30 Fr and 42 Rr) on a 29er. I'd prefer the 2/3 ratio of 28/42. For my ghetto 1x10 on my 29er, I very rarely spin out 26 Fr 11 Rr. So I prefer that setup over the 2x10 I had before (simplicity, chain retention on NW). My next bike will be 1x11. Given that I'll have an extra cog, I'd rather go 28F/11-42 and gain a wee bit of range on both ends than 30F/11-42 and stay put at the bottom end and gain a bunch of to me useless top end range. To each their own - but there's a niche here, and it wouldn't have cost them much to accommodate 28T chain rings.

 Just keep the wheels turning and they'll find success!

 if were going for a pun train il have to oneup u

 11-13-15-18-21-24-27-31-35-40-45

 Sorry, meds must be doing most of the talking. I failed to mention what cog would be removed. Anyways, I meant that I wonder how the shifting feels with that combo. Bi notice a difference, large difference with the 10 XT cassette and a 40t cog.

 No No I should say sorry! I am Canadian!

 If you had the 11-42 and went for the OneUp 45t ring, it's less of a jump in those low gears.

 Why are evenly spaced crank bolts better when you only have two feet?

 will be just as strong as your legs cant produce constant torque during the cranks revolution. maximum torgue needed at 3 and 9 and close to no torque at 12 and 6, so why have the same strength ath 12 and 6 when 3 and 9 need more?

its actually good engineering.
fsa 3 bolt is crap though