Originally Posted by
JohnUSA
I like the Willard 3 but the 1x gearing isn’t what I’m looking for. There’s a lot of hills where I live and I like having a better range of gears - both for climbs and descents. The Willard 2 has Sora stuff, but it is 2x.
The 2018 fuji jari 1.7 is 990$ at performance bikes right now, 2x10 tiagra with 46/30 and 11-34 out back, should be a decent low gear and 46x11 isn't too bad for the descents. It's not steel though... the steel Jari are sora and priced ever lower at performance right now. The jari 2.3 comes with 46/30 and 12-36 9 speed so slightly lower gearing than the 10 speed one. I've never shopped at performance but it seems the points program they have might be worth it?