On Friday, February 14, 2020 at 8:50:01 AM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 2/14/2020 5:04 AM, wrote:
On Friday, February 14, 2020 at 5:52:08 AM UTC+1, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 5:35:48 PM UTC-5, AMuzi wrote:
We usually advise 'follow manufacturer's directions' but in
this case a clever exception shows some promise:

https://bikerumor.com/2020/02/07/how...ullet-gearing/

So that's instead of just having two chainrings? Um... why?

- Frank Krygowski

Why? To get rid of the FD and front shifter and avoiding to shift front and back in critical race situations. Some people think they can benefit from it.

Oh. Now I remember! If some people _think_ they can benefit from it,
we're not allowed to discuss what anyone else may think.

IOW, comparison of real benefits and detriments is strongly discouraged
here.

The linked article is about a kludge accomplished by someone who actually wanted 1X on his clearly custom bike. 1X has the benefit of being a rock-solid set-up in rough terrain. You should read about it. https://tinyurl.com/v3un986

You constantly bad-mouth basically anything you don't own and with which you have zero experience. Meanwhile, people who have owned doubles, triples, 1X, IGH, etc., etc. make reasoned decisions to run -- or not run -- 1X. They're not crazy. They're not deceived. Guys who are kludging expensive SRAM systems obviously believe in the superiority of 1X, just like you believe in the superiority of triple cranks and cantis -- crap I dumped long ago and never looked back.


-- Jay Beattie.