Not clear on the context of your comment v. Shimano’s new budget drivetrain.
I think most people would associate 1x drivetrains with significantly better suspension bikes overall (much simpler to build a good suspension bike around a fixed ring size) and significantly quieter drivetrains and now that the range is huge even my friends who most lamented the death of the front derailleur have moved on.
Certainly this Deore drivetrain ($300 USD complete with cranks) is the best shifting budget drivetrain I’ve ridden and maybe that’s a vote for progress. The shifting under load makes it easier to ride. But it’s still just an evolution of an indexed shifter pulling a cable - maybe in terms of “technifying ourselves to death” your comment would be more at home in a thread about Di2, Live Wire, AXS, or e~bikes?
The exit door from the drivetrain wars is always propped open for those that want out: single speeding.
July 7, 2020, 7:27 a.m. - Andrew Major
Not clear on the context of your comment v. Shimano’s new budget drivetrain. I think most people would associate 1x drivetrains with significantly better suspension bikes overall (much simpler to build a good suspension bike around a fixed ring size) and significantly quieter drivetrains and now that the range is huge even my friends who most lamented the death of the front derailleur have moved on. Certainly this Deore drivetrain ($300 USD complete with cranks) is the best shifting budget drivetrain I’ve ridden and maybe that’s a vote for progress. The shifting under load makes it easier to ride. But it’s still just an evolution of an indexed shifter pulling a cable - maybe in terms of “technifying ourselves to death” your comment would be more at home in a thread about Di2, Live Wire, AXS, or e~bikes? The exit door from the drivetrain wars is always propped open for those that want out: single speeding.