iamkeith - I think its just the price and 'lock in' that are the big drawbacks. Same reason a lot of people here choose friction bar end shifters rather than a brifter set up. For simplicity sake its nice to be able to build a bike out of a parts bin or swap out different components without having to worry about them having to match to a specific make/model (of course there is some matching you have to do with different speed cassettes, shifters, derailleurs, and cranks, but there is a lot more flexibility). Choosing all silver components for our fancy steel lugged bikes is also something hard to come by with the latest and greatest components.
That being said, I do really like the 1x11 and now 1x12 drivetrains coming out now. I think we all drooled when that 1x10 drivetrain hunqapillar was posted on the blug a while back. I hope they get popular enough that it drives the price down and is easier to mix and match parts. I go back and forth on the 2 x vs. 3 x thing all the time. -- 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.
