awesome for those of you who can plot out your ratios and shift paterns. makes sense and good for you. for me, if i get off my single speed bike to ride a multispeed bike, and its not a 3speed, i have a much more pleasurable time thinking of it like ranges. big chainring up front for flats and downhills, shifting thru whatever i have on the rear (i do appreciate a tight ratio rear cluster at times) and the middle ring for cruising around and the small chainring for trails and off road technical or hills. love my rear gears and use them alot, i just don't see why to shift back and forth thru the large chainring, or any of them for most the time riding.

i know this is seen as wrong, but isn't it just for the enjoyment of the ride that we ride?