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.
Heh, heh. At my age, I generally don’t do routes where there are many surprises. I just spent a few days riding my son-in-law’s 1x bike, and I liked it a lot. My gravel riding will be relatively conventional, so I should be able to get a setup that can handle that.