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Old 12-01-21 | 05:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Darth Lefty
There has to be some old timer in the Shimano engineering department going around saying “no wait, hear me out, If we try centimeter pitch chain again the first shift will be 13-14, the roadies will love it”

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Even back when Pitch 10 was available, Shimano never even hinted at the possibility of introducing a derailleur version, maybe because they hadn't yet come up with the idea of designing a cassette system that would enable the use of sprockets smaller than 13 teeth. Though I might be getting the timeline wrong; can't remember, e.g., when the short-lived Direction 6 hubs were in Shimano's component lineup.
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