I was watching the uphill penultimate TT road racing stage of the Giro D' Italia this weekend where the eventual winner Primoz Roglic chose to run a 1x for his TT bike. The announcers were "praising" him for the "innovative" choice of using a mtb gearing setup for the TT. Well lo and behold, at a low speed(which is fast for mere mortals, hah hah) he was about 2/3 up the course and he ran over what appeared to be a small break in the road crosswise and his chain derailed off the ring. He put it back on cool as a cucumber and still trounced everyone, but so much for 1x's not failing like any other system, because they do.
I also ran across a video of a "pro" mechanic touting stuff he likes. I was with him on some things, then he mention that cables were so passe', and that the way to go is electronic shifting and 1x. A lifetime of buying failing batteries, waning replacements, software updates and subscription fees .... yummm ... doesn't that sound appealing ? In regards to cassette cogs, the Miche 8-11sp are available from European websites, let your fingers do the walkin'. Also, Sunrace 7-9 speed lower end cassettes(no spiders) are all held together with removable pins. Find a backside photo of the potential cassette and you can confirm it. -- 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/94e4b0af-bdfb-4307-999c-c5ad38971f9dn%40googlegroups.com.
