Originally Posted by
khatfull
EDIT: I'm waiting for Shimano 12 speed so I can run a 1 x 12.
Poifect
Thus saving the weight of one shift lever and one cable (and one chainring). Brilliant!
Originally Posted by
mazdaspeed
The smaller changes in gearing do make a difference if you're riding at the limit.
I believe I do ride at the limit quite often, but at the limit of what? At the limit of myself and the bike, I think. What the gearing "makes a difference" to is the time it takes me to get somewhere, but so what? I ain't racin' anybody, nor trying to keep up with a club. The gearing makes no difference to my enjoyment of the ride (as long as I can get up the next hill). Under those terms I can enjoy almost any bike I feel like riding.