Posts tagged with 'does-the-future-have-fewer-gears'

A 24t NSBillet chainring, SRAM 12spd GX shifter & derailleur, and a 10spd Shimano cassette, less one cog, on the Devinci Chainsaw

Andrew discovers the best friction shifting setup in the history of bicycles.

XD and Micro Spline freehub drivers are all you'll find on mid-to-high-end mountain bicycles these days, but that doesn't mean you can't use an HG driver and 'downgrade.'

Making some smooth shifting improvements to my kid's 20" wheeled mountain bike, and ditching a couple of cogs in the process...

Going from testing Shimano's 12-spd HG+ to a custom 14-spd drivetrain assembled from a min-maxed mix of old parts on hand...

Mix things up on your mountain bike, for the price of a friction thumb shifter and become a better rider in the process.

Could the Shimano Deore M6100 12spd be the only drivetrain that really matters?

Where I talk about the off-the-shelf, 409%, ultra-reliable gearbox that's available for less money than a high-end 12spd cassette...

The coolest feature of AXS is the DATA; which of the 12-cogs get the most use and shifts-per-Kilometer and, on the North Shore, do we need more gears or fewer?

Box Components jumps back to 1999 with a new-for-2019 9-spd drivetrain. What's next? Gearboxes for everybody? 5-spd derailleur systems? Single speeds?!