Originally Posted by
xenologer
In that case, remove the front derailer and cable, remove its shift lever. Take off the crank, and drill out the rivets for the small and large sprokets; leaving just the middle one. Now its no longer a bike with 2 unusable front sprokets, but a bike Intended for using only 1 in front. Some cross bikes run with only a rear derailer...
Thats the nice thing about bikes, infinitely customizable for personal prefs with no absolute right or wrong answer.
Nice work, xeno. I like this answer a lot. I've been telling people for years to ignore the pro advice about right and wrong and set the bike up so it works for you and for what you want to do. About 10 percent of them listen.