Originally Posted by
ignant666
posting twice in this thread about the virtues of Pinion gearing is a complete waste of everyone's time.
I was principally addressing the thread title “best gear ratios (new or vintage)”.
In terms of ‘vintage’, having had an ‘80s tourer for donkey’s years, with derailleur gearing, I’m happy to join the choir in singing the praises of a good low range derailleur gear combo, e.g. a 20-26T chainring onto a 34-40T sprocket (7-8 speed). And moreover, that a 3x is better than a 1x.
In terms of ‘new’, having had a new tourer for a few months, I’m continually impressed by the gear range provided by the Pinion P1.18 + CS-RK3.
As ‘everyone’ includes all those interested in the thread title, there is zero risk of wasting everyone’s time, let alone doing so completely.
Do you feel the OP should be sheltered from knowing about non-derailleur based gear systems, e.g. Pinion, Rohloff, Sturmey-Archer, etc.?