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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.
hippy-
I guess with a bar end shifter you can shift the whole cassette in one big shift, but I completely agree that the whole not pedalling while changing gear is something you’d have to get used to. And also agree that on new trails where you may not be able to see what’s coming up it may not be the best (although the friend I was riding with knows the area so well that he only checked his Garmin a handful of times over 350ish miles!).
hollow__legs
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.