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Yeah, there were three of us for one day as another friend came to join for a day trip.
I was against the idea as well but you can set it up with a bar end shifter. And when you’re averaging 10mph on a ride it’s not like not pedalling for a second to change gear is going to be a problem, haha! You can also change gear when you’re stopped which, for someone like me who falls off regularly, is great ;)
He was riding more of a drop bar MTB though, so probably made more sense to have a hub gear on that.
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10mph on a ride it’s not like not pedalling for a second to change gear is going to be a problem
That's fast compared to my MTBing. It's more on tech sections that come up at you on new trails that you're always in the wrong gear for. If I'm going to run gears (and not SS) then I want to be able to dump a bunch to clear something steep. I guess you'd get used to it. For more gravel / fireroad stuff I'm sure it'd be fine.
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I was really confused with the red bike photo then the green and black bikes in the shots and then I worked out you might've been a group of three. I think I should lay off the sauce for a while...
As for hub gears, I love the idea in principle, but the whole thing about shifting while not pedaling and having to use a grip shift (based on Ryan Duzer's comments anyway) puts me off.
It's the same with belt drive - "awesome! no more frickin' oil on the carpet!" but the reality is having to carry a belt around with you on a custom frame or customised frame and I put it back into the can't be arsed basket.