Originally Posted by
staehpj1
Words to live by IMO. Seriously, I think we far too often lose sight of the fact that good enough often is actually good enough. I am not necessarily thinking about this topic, but more just about everything in general.
I find that I use those exact words to talk myself and others down from the ledge when I/they start looking for overly complex solutions to problems with simple answers.
Who decides what is “good enough”? Shimano and SRAM have decided that 2x and 1x are “good enough” and the rest of us just go along. What may be good enough for an elite racer may not be good enough for the average Joe. An elite racer is racing on tracks where they know every twist, turn, rock and root. They know when a hill is coming and when they need to shift for either up or down. Seldom do they every go racing somewhere where than don’t know the terrain.
Compare that to the average Joe or Janet who is traveling from point A to point B but may never have been there in their life. They have no idea what is coming around the next corner and they may not be in the same shape as an elite racer. That goes for uphills and downhills.
Yes, keeping things simple is generally good but complexity has it’s place as well. Cassettes with 11 gears and a cassettes cog from 11 to 50 teeth, the chains, derailers and shifters are themselves all rather complicated.