Originally Posted by euroford

i'll give it one more shot to convince you on 1 ring, then work on convincing you 2 is enough. haha! go take your rocky wedge out for a spin, do some climbing and really pay attention to what gears you need to use. don't drop it in the granny and spin like a wheany, but go out on a day your feeling strong and really crank it. keep track of what gears you are and should be using for what kind of terrain your riding. but on climbs, descents and flat terrain. when you get home work out the gear/inches and compair those to what you can get with a 9spd 11-34 cassette and a single chainring. compair and contrast those findings with the added complexity of a front dir. vs. the reliability of a single/chainguide.