Agreed, 10 seems like the a great choice for 1x's right now. 11 and 12 speed are more expensive and possibly less reliable, and almost certainly are going to continue to be moving targets. 8 and 9 speed are simple and will be around forever, but the mechs are not really designed for wide-range cassettes (at least not yet). You can make it work but it might involve fiddling, and it might not shift crisply into those dinner plate cogs. 8 or 9 speeds also might not be enough for some folks to ride comfortably through the gaps on wide-range cassettes.
1x10 speed might be the best of both worlds. It's simple and cheap and here to stay. Sunrace, Shimano and others offer wide range 10 speed cassettes for ~$40. And the wide-range design features have finally trickled down into 10-speed mechs. Only thing I'd ask for is one that comes in silver 😬. William On Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at 8:39:20 PM UTC-8, Justin, Oakland wrote: > > My 1x8 11-40 works well. > I own a 12sp Sunrace cassette that I impulse bought and regret. I would > sell it. > > 1x10 is a sweet spot I think in terms of gear spacing. 2x10 really allows > a wealth of gears that may almost be too rich. It has me reconsidering 2x8. > -J > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
