Originally Posted by
nomadmax
They'll wind up doing what SRAM did, quit trying and pimp 1 X.

POTD.
I find this particularly amusing thanks to an article in Adventure Cycling's magazine many years ago, when 1x was starting to infiltrate the touring world. A representative from SRAM quoted extensively in the article informed us of how bad triples are for touring, mentioning how the middle ring is pretty much useless. I often smile when I am riding in my middle ring and think of that article. Who knew we have been doing it all wrong for decades?