Thread: Tandem Luddite
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Old 06-16-16, 09:19 PM
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L134 
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Bikes: 1978 Bruce Gordon, 1977 Lippy, 199? Lippy tandem, Bike Friday NWT, 1982 Trek 720, 2012 Rivendell Atlantis, 1983 Bianchi Specialissima?

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Egads! Now I'm even happier I retrograded all my bikes, single and tandem, back to bar-end friction shifting with Suntour VGT derailleurs. Got sick and tired of flimsy brifters, bad shifts, hopping chains etc. Maybe I'm incompetent but maybe that is enough to have something easy and durable. Reprogramming shifters??!! No thanks. Also, had an exchange with Adventure Cycling over their Big Shift article where on product manager quoted implied knowledgeable riders go 1x and ignorant, inexperienced riders go 3x. To me, if electronic means 2x, forget it. No matter what range you can get 2x, I can get more 3x or for the same range, I can get closer gaps. I may be in the middle ring 90% of the time but wouldn't give up the other two. Why? For a few oz? I don't race so they don't matter. Nice to have the extra rings when you need them, tandem or single.
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