• if you are not sponsored and actually ride your bikes, why would you need more than 10 speeds?

    The ability to replace components quickly with what a local shop might have, or could be cobbled together from what your friends are riding.

    Not such an issue if you are happy to bin a ride and head to the train station then wait for the postman to turn up with your obscure parts/ride a different bike.

  • obscure parts

    I mean, we are talking about parts that are a few years old.

    Suspect an awful lot more people are riding 8 speed than 12 speed

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