I do manually shift my seat up and down. I'm running a Saint 36 tooth big ring. It's a single speed chainring . I can still shift up and down . With my grip shift. BTW my dual sus commuter sees dirt as it's my off road touring bike. Never dropped the chain. The Giant XTC was designed to be an efficient mountain bike. More platform than what modern suspension s have.
I remember Shimano cassettes having three bolts holding the cogs together with plastic spacers. O the good old days when you could tinker more with equipment.
Imagne if some one made modular cassettes that you could change gear steps and spacers for 7 to 12 speeds.
March 16, 2021, 12:39 p.m. - Greg Bly
I do manually shift my seat up and down. I'm running a Saint 36 tooth big ring. It's a single speed chainring . I can still shift up and down . With my grip shift. BTW my dual sus commuter sees dirt as it's my off road touring bike. Never dropped the chain. The Giant XTC was designed to be an efficient mountain bike. More platform than what modern suspension s have. I remember Shimano cassettes having three bolts holding the cogs together with plastic spacers. O the good old days when you could tinker more with equipment. Imagne if some one made modular cassettes that you could change gear steps and spacers for 7 to 12 speeds.