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amey
@cornelius_blackfoot
2sp user here, recently pretty heavily, commuting out to west london twice a week and generally using it as my everyday bike.
No issues apart from a bit of stickiness with the change from one gear to another, which is just a few seconds of waiting as you pedal for gear to swap over.
It’s a town bike so I’m never really smashing it around apart from when I’m running late for something or have that joyous “day is over and my legs are feeling frisky” feeling and I’m pushing a pace through traffic for fun.
Always had a 2spd so can’t comment on the weight difference, but I’ve never yearned for an extra gear or two or three, whilst riding it.
I live in zone 2 london so ymmv