Originally Posted by homelessjoe

Im older now and not as strong as I use to be but I UPGRADED one of my old steel touring bikes to 1X9 trying to join the 21 century.......I would come down a hill all loaded up in high gear then when I started to climb the next hill and needed to get in low low gear .....I had to hit the shifter nine times in rapid succession.........often my bike would stop and I would fall off before I could shift that many times.......I must just be use to 50 years of reaching down to my down tube shifters and pushing my friction shifter down into my granny gear.........but I think it might be something to consider when choosing that setup for touring in hilly or mountainous terrain....... next youll have to shift nine times to get back into high gear........bring an extra cable and butt cream for your shift finger