Originally Posted by
apricissimus
Last winter I rode a Redline 925 to avoid getting my nicer bike all mucky with grime and salt. After four months of that, I really appreciated having gears. I totally got used to it... but I prefer being able to switch gears, and it gets annoying (for me) to be stuck in one gear much longer than ten or so miles.
You're not going to know how it'll be for you until you try it.
lol, but you're admittedly just switching gears to switch gears. That would be like owning a Porsche 911T with a six-speed tranny and randomly shifting between 4th and 6th "because" you're bored.
And I definitely concede, there are a great many people who apparently grind out a gear just to do it. I just find that spinning a SS isn't so bad. I have a geared bike myself, but I don't find myself gearing-braking down at stops, then gearing up again at speed. I ride with some of the best riders in the region (or chase them for a while til they drop me) and I can honestly say they're not clipping through 24 gears. They find a sweet spot and they hammerfest that thing out. They're the one's that taught me to spin and helped me make the decision that having XT or RIVAL/DA/Campy drivetrains was over rated for general riding, but then why would you settle for Sora/Tourney crap instead of investing in a better hub/rim/frame/brakes...........................................................................see the revolving, and evolving logic?