Originally Posted by
rydabent
The 1 by 11 seems to be the "latest thing". And it does give you one more gear than what cyclist used for 50 or 60 years. Less to go wrong too.
Who's counting gears?
It's that with 11 (12,13) cogs, you can have a massive difference that nearly equals what you get with a double and have more simplicity.
I don't like it on the road where I may might need to go 5mph or 50+. I like the range of a double on a road bike.
For gravel and mountain biking, the difference between fast and crawling isn't quite so large, maybe 4mph to 30. So all those extra gears are just extra so I love 1x for that.