Originally Posted by genejockey

At this point, someone usually says, "Nobody uses a 52 x 11", then someone (like me) says they do, and the original objector says, "But you don't ride it for miles on the flat" and the whole thing goes down hill.

But, yeah - I don't get the point of 1X for road bikes. It's like you trade two big chainrings in the front for a bunch more large cogs in the back. This is progress?