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hamrack in reply to @campervangogh

What exactly is the point of such a massive cassette when you have the double? You're already running friction on the FD, why not triple and get back reasonable steps between gears?

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Jaap in reply to @hamrack

I don't think they are friction shifters since they have the black brake lever. And for a lot of us those steps between gears are fine..

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frankenbike in reply to @Jaap

They're retroshifters I think. Front shifters are usually friction AFAIK since you can trim it for cross-chaining and there's only either 2 or 3 positions anyway. Not much point indexing it.

Rear could be indexed but that's not relevant to the decision between a triple/double

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