Originally Posted by
mihlbach
This argument doesn't work. Its like people who say to loose a pound off your body before dropping a pound off your bike, when in fact you can do both and dropping weight off your body doesn't negate the benefits of dropping weight off you bike. I can HTFU regardless of the number of gears I have.
8 to 10 is not THAT much of a difference. You can always make it a big problem, companies selling groupsets certainly will make it a big deal, but it's not really that bad... as can often be made in one's head. One can enjoy rides and keep up with group, even with 2 tooth jumps at the back, really.