Originally Posted by
ThermionicScott
In theory, you could make a pretty sweet half-step setup (ab)using 1x11 parts, if you wanted to.

Ha, that's great!
39/42 front
11-50 11-speed rear !!
Or the
new Sram:
10-50 in 12-speed...
Sheldon Brown would approve.
The O.T.B. currently sports a Sturmey-Archer AW 3-speed hub, with 7 sprockets, driven by 3 chainwheels: 3 x 7 x 3 = 63. When people hear that I have built a 63-speed bicycle, the first question they ask is "do you really need all those gears?"