Old 12-15-19 | 12:00 PM
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Actually a pretty honest comparison between the two. I liked it.

It touched on the shifting question off road that I wanted to express earlier but didn't quite hit.

On road, my shifting is very predictable because the inclines and declines are gradual and usually I go slowly through the range but off road the variation in grades are often faster and more pronounced so I am double shifting or more. Those bigger jumps are one circumstance when a 1x system is nice (for me) because it's just a linear up and down the cassette. With a 2x or 3x it's a little more complicated and one reason some people may unintentionally cross chain. Off road I want to concentrate on terrain and the lines through it and not a lot about shifting. Of course, those considerations are aimed at the off road spectrum or touring and not road or even groomed gravel touring.

Also like the 60kph upper limit for 1x. Uh... I can say I'm never trying to continue pedaling once I hit 60kph on a tour bike
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