We spotted reigning Tour de France champ Jonas Vingegaard’s road bike at the Dauphine fitted with a 1x Sram groupset. Does Vingegaard plan to use it in the 2023 Tour de France?
Here’s a brief history of 1x road bikes in the pro peloton, the potential benefits that using a single chainring road bike can bring and a look at Vingegaard’s shifters that could well be from an unreleased 2024 Sram Red AXS groupset.
Is 1x road bike gearing going to take over the peloton? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below…
https://road.cc/content/tech-news/vingegaard-1x-dauphine-setup-301665
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⚫️ In this video
0:00 Introduction
0:36 The last time road bikes went 1x
1:19 Campanaerts goes Classified
2:24 Roglic goes 1x at the Giro
3:20 Vingegaards Dauphine 1x road bike
4:00 Sram Red AXS 1x
4:55 What are the benefits of 1x for road cycling?
6:15 New Sram Red AXS Shifters?
6:48 Will Vingegaard use 1x at the Tour de France?
7:16 Outro
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23 Comments
I absolutely love my 1X set up on my gravel bike so, yes, I’d absolutely consider it on my road bike and may make that move when I buy a new bike.
I have 1×12 sram on my Trek Madone now since two years. It’s absolutely enough gears for me here around Munich.
i'm not conceding it, but planning to go 1x. The number of times i need do get on the small chainring here in Denmark, as good as zero. one point of gearshift failure less.
Yeah Roglic using 1x in the final time trial and then dropping his chain is a brilliant poster for going 1x.
If he wasnt so far ahead and ended up winning you can guarantee it would be a big deal.
bikes… am i right?
I Think Jumbo, as the biggest and best team in the world, know what they are doing😊
I run a 44t w/ a force 10-36 on my CX bike and it covers pretty much all the bases. Sometimes for gravel I'll throw on the 10-44. Some gaps in the middle of the cassette are a little more than I'd like, but its perfect for road training, CX racing, and gravel racing all on one bike. I don't really see the benefit on a bike meant just for riding on the road. No need for a clutched derailleur, and I feel the benefits of smaller gaps and wider range on a 2x is worth the few extra grams. Most of these bikes can still hit the UCI weight limit with a 2x system anyways.
Im not against 1x but I’m a bit skeptical that it’s the next best thing in road cycling tech. Effectively it means fewer gears and bigger jumps between gears. But the cervelo s5 weighs over 8kg so they have to try and get the weight down somehow.
Since I haven't ever properly ridden an indexed derailleur, I'm wondering if they are more prone to failure since they encourage the risky practice of shifting with full torque and speed. Maybe a double with a more narrow rear spacing would be more reliable. Or just stop grinding the gears. 😊
Need to quantify friction and wear from extreme cross-chain positions.
1x to compensate for the new heavy ass bikes
I have a 1X gravel bike, which is also my road bike. It’s my own mullet build – 42 tooth SRAM Force chain ring up front, GX Eagle 12 speed, 10-52 cassette at the rear (GX Eagle derailleur). Gear ratios have been great for me on climbs. Just a slow and steady pace. I ride solo, so I don’t know if my 42-10 combo would be able to keep up in a group on flats, but I’m in no hurry to find out. Pretty happy with my set up. Love the simplicity of just the one chainring. Oh, and I have semi slick tires instead of knobbies, because the majority of my rides are on road anyway.
Tdf morphing (going hybrid)
Im still using the '90s Mario Cipollini Taiwan-made time trial (with the tiger paint job) bike frame with the wheelwell design in the seat tube coz i have the conviction that its the progenitor of aero road bicycle design (and now setting the precedence)
I live with nice Southern California mountains to contend with. I love to climb and bomb right back down, I will always keep 2x.
Had more chain drops on my 1x commute bike than any on all my other bikes. The lack of variety in mh hilly area , takes the pleasure of cycling at times.
it's not really a 1x if they use a classified hub though
Sram front shifter so bad no one wants to use it
I did considered it but I choked.
I'm still "no buy"
Not going with a 1X if makes a fly go up my nose.
May the Fly rest in peace 🙏
Newsbald hahaha