why are people so opposed to the idea of a front deraileur?
my theory is that most mechanics don't know how to set them up properly anymore. so riders have bad experiences with crappy shifting, chains rubbing or dropped, and blame the hardware
Whether I can live without the emergency gear dump of a granny remains to be seen.
why go without? run a nw, keep the granny - if you can stomach the extra weight! - and shift by hand (or foot) if you need a bailout gear for long climbs/days
Wow, $100 for 1 cog! That's madness.
You can get it for $85 shipped if you order by Dec. 18 though, according to the bikerumour link.
Anchoring or focalism is a cognitive bias that describes the common human tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information offered (the "anchor") when making decisions. During decision making, anchoring occurs when individuals use an initial piece of information to make subsequent judgments. Once an anchor is set, other judgments are made by adjusting away from that anchor, and there is a bias toward interpreting other information around the anchor. For example, the initial price offered for a used car sets the standard for the rest of the negotiations, so that prices lower than the initial price seem more reasonable even if they are still higher than what the car is really worth.
"Nobody really gives a shit that you don't like the thing that you have no firsthand experience with." Dave