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Chalfie
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Well, that's the problem isn't it? Most people don't go to 11s because they thought they needed more gears. They move to 11s because it becomes cheaper and easier to get parts for the current de facto standard. Same goes for 12S - I have that on my MTB because it was the only thing I could get parts for - 11S stuff was even rarer. It's dumb but if you're building a new bike, unless you're some kind of rim brake hipster, you're gonna use what's most common and not a groupset that is going to be harder to find parts for in 12 months.