Originally Posted by
HTupolev
How much experience do you have actually riding these kinds of systems?
Several of my friends have near-identical fit to myself. When I've hopped on their bikes with these kinds of setups, they admittedly weren't as snappy as a narrow-range racing drivetrain, but I wouldn't call it "crap shifting." It works.
Why stop at 30-36? Why not blame anyone ....
Enough experience to know that using a RD way out of spec is less desirable than within spec, or pretty close to it since Shimano is notoriously conservative in their specification.
As for the rest, those are your words and your argument. My point was quite clear. In the end, each bike is our own and if someone is comfortable setting up their equipment and using it in that manner, more power to them.