Originally Posted by
Alekhine
And for those who worry about an expensive bike being a theft target
There are two parts to this concern: the risk of the theft event and the cost to recover from that event. I'm not sure if a $4000 touring bike is much more likely to be stolen than a $1000 one.
The other issue that relates to the cost-of-replacement are accidents.
Originally Posted by
Peterpan1
As you know, there aren't 27-30 different gears, which is kinda weird. Like getting a magazine subscription, 12 issue, but they turn out to be 4 each of January, February, and March.
, and some of the issues are unreadable.
There are subtle, practical reasons (engineering limitations) why all of the gears aren't usable or are duplicates (things like crosschaining issues and the length of chain and being able to take up slack).
Originally Posted by
positron
I would have rohloff on every bike i own, no joke.
The Rohloff hub is very cool. (Derailler systems work pretty-well, though.)