I had a ten speed system once and it never would shift right. I even had multiple people work on it and none of them could make the rear shift well. This was with a new rear 105 der, and even the previous one didn't shift well when new. Many times it just wouldn't shift at all. It didn't work well new. It didn't work well old. It didn't work well completely replaced. Cassette chain, cables etc. Nothing made the sorry 10 speed rear shifting work well. Never had that with 9 speed.
And now I hear stories of old derailleurs lasting 100s of thousands of miles. The cruddy pulley wheels on 105 wouldn't even last me half a year now.
Seems like much lighter and better shifting and more reliable 5 speed components could be made nowadays. And yet we are stuck with this 10 and 11 speed garbage.
There's also rohloff but getting parts to fix one if you fudge it up is not easy. And there is pinion too. But that's REALLY costly. I won't consider other IGH due to lack of reliability and gear range.
Why must bike companies make everything a pain in the ass?
And now I hear stories of old derailleurs lasting 100s of thousands of miles. The cruddy pulley wheels on 105 wouldn't even last me half a year now.
Seems like much lighter and better shifting and more reliable 5 speed components could be made nowadays. And yet we are stuck with this 10 and 11 speed garbage.
There's also rohloff but getting parts to fix one if you fudge it up is not easy. And there is pinion too. But that's REALLY costly. I won't consider other IGH due to lack of reliability and gear range.
Why must bike companies make everything a pain in the ass?