Originally Posted by
ericmerg1
so there's no decent way to have a 2x system under sram that would handle the range i'm looking for
All the options I mentioned will work fine with the 2x11 setup you described. Number of speeds is determined by the shifters, not the RD. The RD just has to be able to move the correct distance with each shifter "click" (that's what the "Exact-Actuation" refers to).