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My worries are not in working with variable gears so much, I work as a bike mechanic/teach people to fix bikes so actual indexing/set up/etc is fine, I've just seen a lot of dead brifters and it scares me a bit. I hate having to just replace something rather than being able to fix/service it. Dead barcons/DT shifters so much easier to deal with. Think I'll just HTFU, enter the 21st century and run 10spd with brifters and a compact. No 11spd cause chains wear out too quick and are £$£$£$.