Originally Posted by
Noctilux.95
1X has its place, on a MB with a 50t cassette. On road and gravel, I would take 2x every time. I'm surprised you didn't post a pic of your aging Emonda. That bike has made more appearance here than posts about what bike should I buy.
Odd that i've done quite a number of 17mph group rides on it with no problem keeping up. It's a 40T with a 11-32 which has about the same range as a 11-28 with a compact crank on my "aging" road bike. Since Long Island is rather flat, only 2000 feet on a 40 mile ride I have no problem climbing and there's just not enough long descents to miss a big ring.
BTW, my "aging" bike has over 23,000 miles. At what points should I be posting in the Vintage forum?