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I will be building a bike for touring SE Asia next year and i was planning on going down the old frictions shifter 2x6 setup because chains, freewheels and derailleurs will be readily available cheaply wherever I go... setup and maintanence is very straight forward, and most what can go wrong should be bodgeable. Just thought this would be easiest way to go, having done alot of miles on a similar setup and never had any problems.
There may be a company that deliver world wide within a couple of days, is that really going to work in some little Vietnamese or Cambodian villlage? simpler to have something you can fix there and then in one of their many little bike shops....