Here's a crazy thought....what's the terrain where you are? If it's fairly flat, look for a Single Speed or even a fixed Single speed. Absolute simplicity, fewer parts to break.
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. “He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”- Fredrick Nietzsche
"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanuel Kant