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^well exactly. I do have this image in my head of the guy at campangnolo trying to explain it to roadbike review or whatever.
"Why not just make Ten faster, and make that the fastest gear?"
"erm...but this goes to eleven."
I mean, surely you're just making the chain and cogs thinner and weaker, it just seems like overengineering to me.