Originally Posted by
Darth Lefty
Got a late start this evening due to explaining something to a colleague. Then I sort of forgot I was late and arrived home 5 min later than the nanny was supposed to be rescued. Fortunately my wife was home... unfortunately she was cranky because her 6pm client canceled and then sore because her bike seized up its chain in the FD on the last climb up to the house. Front shifting, man, no one ever needs buy another one, thank God. Looking into a cheap 1x conversion for her.
If one of the front rings is already about the right size, couldn't you just set it to that and not shift? Or disable the front shifter? In other words, any bike could be ridden as though it was a single speed, right?