Originally Posted by Retro Grouch
Any marketing person would tell you to skip all of that and to bolt on a one-step-up rear derailleur.
At the LBS I used to work at we had a Haro Bikes outside rep who used to call this "The Sucker Spec", and he readily admitted that Haro did it all the time (along with everyone else).
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