Originally Posted by
Riveting
Nobody seemed to mention that a 1x drivetrain wouldn't have this issue. Though I don't recall having seen a 1x road bike yet, Gravel and mtb yes, but road no. Certainly they must exist?
You could create a 1x road bike by putting on a 1x groupset and whatever chainring you want. But you are going to have to want to live with pretty large jumps between gears. To me, that's a solution looking for a problem.