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Haven't been riding much recently but decided to bang out a metric century today. I thought I was in for 5000' of climbing in 60 miles. Nope that was the peak elevation. Ended up climbing just shy of 9000' on some pretty remote forest roads. Saw three cars, a few hikers. Pretty spooky but the scenery was unreal.
Sick trip and bike my man. Surly Straggler? Glad to see someone rocking double front rings, singles are so fucking trendy right now and I can't understand why?
i mean i could see why you'd want all those gears on a mountain trip like this, but most people ride their bikes in cities and then you barely need more than a 1x drivetrain, look how many happily ride just a single speed, too.
personally i made two bikes that were 3x into singles cause i just didn't need the other rings, riding on the one that worked was fine enough. i ended up riding the biggest/outer and never used the other two so i disconnected the fd and took them off. i also dislike having to use two shifters. also cranks with 3 chainrings are kinda ugly to me, too. but i'd run it if i had use for it. my new whip has 3 chainrings and it makes sense with the low gearing kind of. i dunno... i will leave this one that way.