Thanks for the Superboost update. It's a sad state of affairs when the bike industry goes in this sort of direction vs. a simple solution of improving chainlines in the easy gears by keeping them narrow. I am glad it's fairly easy to opt out of the maddness and set your bike up well as long as you don't need the latest greatest "improvements". Most of the time that approach saves you money as well.
It'll be interesting to see how the mainstream of consumers react. They may have jumped on 142-->148 relatively easily, but perhaps they'll punish companies that try and force them to go 148-->157. If that happens and companies who stick with 148mm would do well that would be nice to see. Within reason consumers can veto new standards if they really want to.
Jan. 10, 2022, 6:36 a.m. - Vik Banerjee
Thanks for the Superboost update. It's a sad state of affairs when the bike industry goes in this sort of direction vs. a simple solution of improving chainlines in the easy gears by keeping them narrow. I am glad it's fairly easy to opt out of the maddness and set your bike up well as long as you don't need the latest greatest "improvements". Most of the time that approach saves you money as well. It'll be interesting to see how the mainstream of consumers react. They may have jumped on 142-->148 relatively easily, but perhaps they'll punish companies that try and force them to go 148-->157. If that happens and companies who stick with 148mm would do well that would be nice to see. Within reason consumers can veto new standards if they really want to.