Originally Posted by
Reynolds 531
plus bar end shifters. I dont like 1x on gravel / cross bikes. It is just so nice to "dump" the front chain from 48 to 36 or whatever, instead of click-click-click-click-click-click up the freewheel when you come to surprising hill.
These days the trend seems to be going 1x , but I agree with you I like having double up front .