Social anxiety? In post
#1 you wrote:
Originally Posted by
quanfer
Looking to upgrade my road bike and do more group rides. More interested in fitness and long distance than racing events
If those are the kinds of groups you're planning to ride with then it's almost surely not an issue. There will already be people riding different chainring-cog combinations so not everyone is in cadence lockstep anyway. There are reasons to get 1x, and reasons not to, but worrying about the cadence nazis isn't one of them. Get what you want.