aka Tom Reingold
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Posts: 40,509
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
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I don't think the new stuff is stupid. It's very good in many ways. But it's not ideal, and it's not perfect. You might think that simpler is cheaper, but the 1x drivetrains are expensiver. And as some have pointed out, the range still isn't as good as with 2x and 3x.
I suspect that if I had a 1x drivetrain, I would like it. I would like the simplicity of shifting, even though I may have to hit the lever several times every so often. To me it's better than calculating a double shift in my head and worrying about cross-chaining.