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(e.g.) 44/11-36 for 95% of your riding, but want a 50/34 + 11-36 or a triple or something for touring.
Or just stick with 50/34 and 11-36 and have less faff.
44 11/36 gives what benefit? And only retro grouches want bar end shifters.
It just seems you want to make life over complicated and may well need to change chains.
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Well I guess 1× is less faff when you're out riding though. Front shifting is a pain in the arse especially if you're rolling up and down some horrid 20% gravel slopes. And I think bar-ends are fine, especially on the front shifter when you're not using it often. Re. chains I don't see why you'd need to change? If your derailleur can handle 34/11 and 50/36 at the same time (perfectly doable) it should have no problem with 44/11-36. Definitely need a clutch mech with good springs though.
It just seems you want to make life over complicated
Me all over
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Or just stick with 50/34 and 11-36 and have less faff.
Not necessary so.
With a 50t chainring, you're more likely to spend more time on the upper gears of the rear cassette which are much more widerly spread out.
Having a 48/32 mean that you're more likely to use the middle gear which are more evenly spread out.
frankenbike
edscoble
Probably one of my worst ideas to date but has anyone thought about two cranksets, a 1×/double, and swapping them over? I am imagining a set of shifters for 1×, a band on mech and a bar-end front shifter, then to swap over you would:
Seems like It Would Be Easy™ and would be alright for the typical gravel/commuter/touring do-it-all sort of bike that a lot of us have to make do with, where you're okay with (e.g.) 44/11-36 for 95% of your riding, but want a 50/34 + 11-36 or a triple or something for touring.
Obviously you would only swap it rarely. And I'm working off the assumption here that few people go touring on a whim; that is, you'd know well in advance "I'm going touring next week, better spend an hour swapping over my cranks, putting racks on, putting mudguards on, etc.".
You could also pair it up with a 650b wheelset with an 11-42 or whatever; for gravel you have 44/11-42 + 650b, for commuting you have 44/11-36 and 700c, for touring you put on the double with 700c wheels.
It really doesn't take very long to swap cranks over at all.