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Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Bikes: 1974 PX-10E sold, 1977 Witcomb stolen, 1980 Roberts 1 speed, 1987 Cyclops 3 x 6 friction triple crank, 2010 Masi Commuter 1 speed, 2017 Ribble 525 2 x 10 with Ergos
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True, I normally regard my setup as a 1x with bailout, but I don't trust myself to not go down to "small-small" unintentionally toward the end of a long hard ride. Hence my fiddling with chainline. Bottom bracket spacers are my secret weapon.
It would be safer to use an outer ring with no shift aids, but then it would not shift as well. That's the problem with shift aids, they don't actually know what you want, they just grab the chain and try to shift it whenever it contacts the inside of the outer chain ring.