Originally Posted by
SquishyBiker
Looking at my bike shopping for 2022, and I've come to the realization that maybe sticking with Shimano 10sp is going to simplify most of my fleet:
- eCommuter: currently 1x10
- Drop bar rd: currently 3x10 (likely replace with a new bike in 2022 with GRX 2x10)
- Flat bar rd: currently 3x10
- Mtb hardtail: currently 2x9
- Mtb trail: currently 1x11 (replacing with a Scott Spark 960 with Shimano XTd 1x12)
Apart from the mtb trail, which is being replaced with a 1x12 bike, it makes sense for the other bikes to all be 10sp drivelines, then I can keep spare chains and links readily available.
Has anyone else settled on 10sp drive-trains for their general road bikes?
I use campagnolo 10sp - 51/39 front, 12-23 on the back. Its almost perfect for the rolling terrain I ride. The cassette gives me a straight 12-19 run, and no climb around here requires lower than a 39/23 gear. If i know I’m going to be doing any serious climbing I swap in a 13/29 cassette. I have a couple of cassettes (12/23 and 12/25) and a compact crankset stockpiled, which should last me years while giving me some gear-lowering options as I age. That being said, I am pondering switching to 12sp in a couple of years - a Chorus groupset can be had for ~$1200, and an 11-29 on the back is very appealing. We’ll see how I feel, physically and financially, a couple of years from now.