On 12/01/2015 10:07 AM, Montclair BobbyB wrote:
I don't know, folks... There's inherent beauty (and plenty of gear choices) in a 3x7 setup.
With a couple of nicely spaced cassettes that start with 13, too. Lots to like about 7. What's not so nice is that index shifter controls have been essentially unavailable for decades. Friction's nice and still works with 7 Hyperglide, but sometimes and for some applications there's just no doubt in my mind that index is better.
And 3x9 is nice too, and Sheldon has shown us how to customize 9s so they start with 13.
I love my front derailleur and a nice even chain line... Just saying. (11 speed?? Sorry, but to me that's just wrong). I'll take the heat for this comment, but I'm just not buying into this nonsense of cramming more cogs on a cassette. :)
11 is just plain silly in my opinion, and all 10 gives you is an 11 tooth small sprocket. That's fine for a small wheeler, although 10 or even 9 tooth is even better for my Moulton, but for a 26 or 27 inch wheel, on anything but a tandem even 12 produced a high gear that's far too high for my needs. Yes, you can go to tiny chain rings and get 12T high gears down to a reasonable number, but then you're stuck with tiny chain rings, front derailleurs made for larger and with more rapid wear on a part that's not really meant to be readily consumable. It's one thing to whip off a cassette and put a new one one, but a whole different price class to replace chain rings.
Some of the stuff they come up with for racers is just a bad fit for the likes of people like me.
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