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    1. delicate10drills on

      Hail yea!

      Less dumb than my idea of asking e*thirteen to make a 9-10-11-12-14-16-20-32 xdr cassette & being ready to blow >$250 on it.

    4. accelerating_ on

      Thought it was going to be a 3 speed hub appreciation, and I’m here for that.

      But a typical derailleur front mountain triple often has similar ratios to the trusty IGH triple.

      By far the best with the hub is to make the tallest the ratio you’d choose for a single speed and have the others for hills and setting off. Their range is often all I use for a lot of trips on bikes that have more. The wide ratio gaps are a downside but not awful.

      In my urban area with few steep or sustained slopes I often choose to ride the 3 speed because it just makes for a very carefree fun ride but with a surprisingly small effort or journey time compromise.

      I heartily recommend them for a local transportation bike if your terrain is not too hilly.

    5. hurl_greige on

      I was thinking a single speed triggered by a dropper post lever but this makes more sense, I have hella front thunbies

    6. Twig_Scampi on

      Are you using a rear friction shifter?

      If not, I’d think it would shift poorly given the shift ramps on cassettes are meant for 2-6 teeth jumps. 

    7. Visual_You3773 on

      Having such a large jump between cogs in the rear will cause the chain to snap after a while. Especially if you shift under load.

    9. tharealspinelli on

      When I read three speed I thought triple chain ring in the front, single in the back.

    11. Kyro2354 on

      While I appreciate your ingenuity, I believe it’s misplaced here and going to shift horribly / explode your chain. Just run a normal cassette in 1x and it’ll be very objectively more functional. Or run single speed in the back, and a triple chainring up front.

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