>>1978313I think when cassettes hit 450g and $500 and started requiring proprietary narrow-wide chains and ultra-stiff derailleurs almost the length of the entire chainstay with a computer actuated clutch contraption to keep it from flopping around like it wants to and a metal contraption bolted onto the seattube that sits where the FD would sit if it was a normal bike but its sole purpose is to prevent the chain from flying off in front, and you're still supposed to never stop pedaling too fast because the cassette has enough stored momentum to power a small city for an hour and will attempt to overcome all the safeguards and fling itself into your spokes, someone should have stopped and asked how the fuck things got to this point and whether it was worth it for just not having to adjust a FD once a year
at the same time, I do love rube goldberg "engineering solutions" because it's funny, so carry on, I'll be here taking bets on how much worse it can get (so far it has surpassed all my expectations)
