Originally Posted by
WhyFi
I'd be interested to see a breakdown of the groupsets being used by the "no" folks. I would assume that they're mostly using older groups... or older folks accustomed to older groups.
I am one of the “no” folk. I say no because I have a 3x8 and I mostly stay in the bottom and middle rings. I find if I’m in the large chain ring and get to the middle of the rear cassette, it’s usually time to drop to the middle ring because the terrain is going to start varying a lot, and it’s easier to just keep messing with the rear cassette than adjusting the front chain ring.
also the opposite I don’t go into the bottom half of the cassette when I’m in the small chain ring, for the same reason I don’t go to the upper half wile in the large ring. If I’m getting that easy to pedal, it’s time to be in the middle up front, or possibly all the way up to the large, depending upon decent, wind conditions, ect.
for me it has nothing to do with the “X” chaining it’s just the way I ride.