My front chain kept popping off (I must have been mashing the gears while shifting the front derailleur) so I started looking into 1X drive trains. I got a new gravel bike with Campagnolo's new Ekar 1X 13-speed drive train with the hope that it would be enough for using my gravel bike as an endurance bike. Well, so far, it WORKs for me. After an initial issue with adjustments (after changing the tires and somehow mucking up the H/L settings - my LBS took care of it), the bike absolutely rocks and fast descents (over 36 MPH) are fine as I'm not even using the 9-cog but the 10 or 11-cog. I have the 42 front / 9-42 rear cassette.

For me, not having a front deraileur makes for a cleaner bike and less 'shift thinking.'

CJ