Comments on: Shifty Motives http://thebikelab.com/2008/06/05/shifty-motives/ Tips, Discussion and Reviews on Upgrading Your Mountain Bike Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:48:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Desert9r http://thebikelab.com/2008/06/05/shifty-motives/#comment-1065 Desert9r Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:36:17 +0000 http://thebikelab.com/?p=135#comment-1065 11 speed is ridiculous!! I wanna spend my time in the saddle having fun, NOT messing with shifting! 11 speed is ridiculous!!
I wanna spend my time in the saddle having fun, NOT messing with shifting!

]]> By: mike http://thebikelab.com/2008/06/05/shifty-motives/#comment-1064 mike Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:31:01 +0000 http://thebikelab.com/?p=135#comment-1064 When Shimano jumped from 9 to 10 I was actually suprised how much more I liked the smaller jump between gears. Note that I use a 12-25. The issue can be better adressed on the roadbike with a compact crankset. Using a large jump between the front rings to minimize overlapping gears would let you use tighter spacing in the cogs 12-23 or 12-21 while still giving you climbing and sprinting gears. On the mountainbike if they could actually get it to shift could be finally the thing to get people to realize the front derailure on mtn bike is more hassle then its worth. A 1x10, if it shifted would be sweet. When Shimano jumped from 9 to 10 I was actually suprised how much more I liked the smaller jump between gears. Note that I use a 12-25.

The issue can be better adressed on the roadbike with a compact crankset. Using a large jump between the front rings to minimize overlapping gears would let you use tighter spacing in the cogs 12-23 or 12-21 while still giving you climbing and sprinting gears.

On the mountainbike if they could actually get it to shift could be finally the thing to get people to realize the front derailure on mtn bike is more hassle then its worth. A 1×10, if it shifted would be sweet.

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