>>1500563>The fuck you want a front derailleur for on a mountain bike?lets see:
>range>ease of shift>less gears on the back so wider more durable chains and cogs>easier dropout alignment>easier gear adjustment>less weight on the rear hub>not running out of speed on the downhill>cheaper mehcanically more robust componentsoverall mechanical advantage and SIMPLICITY unlike the overdesign of 1x.
>>1500551>>sram is crap and cannot make front derraileurs to save their livesmeh, just put a chain catcher on it and their FD is good as a shimano. srams RD is the lick without anything and outshines a shimano.
>>1500618>>1500619>Exactly. Because it's faster to pump than pedal a lot of the time.on technical downhill yes, but flimsy thin chains are blowing out all the time right now, this wasnt even a thing in early days of DH when they used those beefy 7s speed chains, ironically today they still use 7s speed but with expensive and brakes prone 11s chains.
>>1500619>Nah. You're just a retrogrouch that thinks that MTB's still need 62 tooth triples.they do need 36t on the front at least andything less is for singletrack is stupidity.
