Originally Posted by Bingod

I've grown to really appreciate my underdog 3x9 and find it hard to imagine bettering it in a cost effective way. Its not the lightest or the stiffest, bla bla bla, but it offers a very wide range of possibilities if you only have one bike. You can achieve extremely low gearing and retain decent gaps between the gears for peanuts. I ditched the cheater brake levers and also upgraded the brakes to 160mm and BB7s , which works much better for long hard descents. I'm curious to hear how the R3030 levers perform, they look nice. i have considered this upgrade but as i don't use a handlebar bag I just can't find a good reason to.