John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
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John the Monkey said:
Rhythm Thief said:Your "eleven more than necessary" signature seems very apposite John!
Smokin Joe said:If it works, why not? You don't have to buy it.
Smokin Joe said:Depends where you live. I have ten speed, like to keep the ratios fairly close and there are many times when I wish I had something smaller on the way up a long climb and a few inches higher on the way down.
Yeah, but a 13/27 would be just dandy. And I'll fit a 12 when they go up one morealecstilleyedye said:but 11 is just 9 between the largest and smallest instead of 8, so e.g. a 25-13 block will have the same top and bottom gear regardless of how many intermediate gears there are.
monnet said:You will have to buy it. In 5 years time Campag will have put all their groupsets at 11, Shimano's top 3 groupsets will be too. So when I want to upgrade my bike it'll be an 11speed cassette for me. Just as now it makes little sense, if you can afford it, to buy anything other than 10 speed (simply because it's the most readily available) so in a few years time itwill only make sense to buy 11 speed.
Rhythm Thief said:I'm still hanging on to seven speed, just about. (I think my Galaxy is now up to eight.) Still more than I need, most of the time.