Patrick, the benefit of running a wide range cassette on a road bike is pretty straightforward. You get all of the plusses of a 1x drivetrain (if you like that sort of thing) and can still run a big chainring up front (think 44t or even larger) without losing a decent climbing/bailout gear.
Obviously, a standard road double is what the vast majority prefer for a go-fast bike. Nothing wrong with that either. Currently have my Rambouillet built up 1x9, 40t chainring in front and 11-36 in back. Feels pretty fast on the relatively flat dirt roads I’m riding these days (a faster rider would want for a bigger chainring) but if I get back to riding up the steep side of volcanoes one of these days, I’d definitely want to go back to a wide range cassette. I’m less inclined to imagine when or why I’d go back to setting up a front derailleur again. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f7576159-e788-47db-87ab-b633b47d1258%40googlegroups.com.
