Originally Posted by scarleton

I totally hear you when it come to budget. Thanks to a loving wife and a bike shop that like building budget custom bikes, I got the Di2 system I wanted for the budget I had. I thought 11 gears where going to be a bit much, too. I went with the Di2 system because I wanted butter smooth shifting (which I got!). What I have quickly come to discover is that I love having so many gears and wish I had more! It is like Barrettscv was saying about the gaps in the gearing. I am thinking I will go from a 11-32 to 11-28 because there are too many gaps in the middle. Granted if I had a 3 chainrings, maybe a 9 speed 11-25 would be just fine.