I'm also in the oddball camp with the e.13 9-46T option, so yes. This is the first really mass produced offering to actually exceed the gear range I've been happily toodling along with on my bike for years now. The cost and shifting refinement aren't what I'd have chosen from a blank piece of paper, but compared to everything else out even including this latest setup, it stacks up ridiculously well for the money.
I figure I'll migrate to the 12spd XT down the road, but it isn't offering me anything I don't already have. My other bike is on SLX 10spd, and because it plays nicely with a dual chainring setup, I'll keep rocking that.
June 11, 2020, 11:17 a.m. - Tehllama42
I'm also in the oddball camp with the e.13 9-46T option, so yes. This is the first really mass produced offering to actually exceed the gear range I've been happily toodling along with on my bike for years now. The cost and shifting refinement aren't what I'd have chosen from a blank piece of paper, but compared to everything else out even including this latest setup, it stacks up ridiculously well for the money. I figure I'll migrate to the 12spd XT down the road, but it isn't offering me anything I don't already have. My other bike is on SLX 10spd, and because it plays nicely with a dual chainring setup, I'll keep rocking that.