Originally Posted by mstateglfr

Just popping in to say that 3x8 isnt 8 more gears than 2x8. Mathematically yes its 8 more, but practically speaking it isnt. You arent going to use some of the gearing combos on a 3x8 and others are redundant, so they effectively arent gearing combinations to consider.

Not saying 3x8 is bad though. Both 2x and 3x have benefits in my view.