I use all 9 gears in my cassette with the middle ring up front. If I had the option to use them all in the big ring, I might, but due to cross-chaining I am effectively prevented from doing so if I want my chain to last a reasonable amount of time.
Having the front gear ranges in the rear hub solves the problem of cross chaining and makes all gear combinations effectively usable. That being said, I have no interest in actually implementing the current solution that SRAM offers due to the wonky controls involved. If they made it compatible with bar ends, or something reasonably mounted on drop bars, then I might have some interest. The current solution is tailored to flat bars, besides the fact it's wonky. It's SRAM proprietary and looks fragile. On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 8:52 AM, Matthew J <matthewj...@gmail.com> wrote: > Perhaps I am the voice in the wilderness here, but 30 gears, especially > for commuting, light touring is overkill to me. >> >> I chose the gears on my ride range 5 speed to fit just about every > situation I could imagine needing. As it is, I use the three middle gears > 90% of the time, with the low and the high looking almost brand new two > years into my 5 speed experiment. > > -- > 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
