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richardthird - MemberInteresting discussion. I ride mainly SS so am used to varying cadence and don't mind the gap. 1x on road gets rid of my stupid macho tendency to stay in the big ring when I should really be on the small.
90% of my riding at the moment is on my fixed road bike but when I grab my geared tourer to do the shopping or carry bigger parcels home from work I get constantly infuriated by the 'huge' ratio gaps in its 11-34 9speed cassette. Id probably go apocalyptic if my nice road bike was like that. Whats the point in having gears with all their weight and faff* if my choices are still to struggle or spin.
*its not a faff though is it, I dont think ive ever had an issue with a road or tourer front mech. Maybe in CX it could clog up but not on road.
Lol! Since when did the OP have any bearing on a threads content 😀
I would recommend going back to a double or triple for all situations to cut down on fannying around time and to limit the occasions when the correct ratio is at home in the shed yes.
i thought 1x was all a bit pointless and stupid untill i lent my mate my new fatbike recently and he changed the front gear on a hill, got chain suck, and pretty much destroyed the aluminium chainstay/frame. My message: if you are ever going to lend a mt bike to an inexperienced cyclist - remove the front mech.
Meanwhile, some people just remove the front mech and run the bike as a 1x10 or 1x11, but keeping two rings up front, and then if they really need to change the front, they do it by hand. (i.e. one ring for day trips, another for loaded touring.)