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Old 04-27-21, 12:45 PM
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The answer is annoyingly simple. If you have mountains, big hills or sometimes even difficult overpasses, it's better (much easier) to have a gear that you can drop into. Also that top end gear is handy if you want to hang with the faster than ordinary riders.

On the other hand I can hop on my single speed any time, wearing anything, because I could enclose the whole chain. I also have no expectation of riding it faster than 18-20 or setting personal records downhill so I can enjoy a relaxed ride more often.

There's not much else to it.
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