>>1148931The cycling industrial complex pushes race gear for regular riders. This is alienating, needlessly expensive, and needlessly complex. It's a sad state of affairs but leads to higher short-term profit for investors. It's what the market seems to want. Although there are trends in the opposite direction... Taking flack from some of the hyperconsumers but generally promising: low gears, fat tires, 1x, etc
There is a pretty good existing solution for the drivetrain question, the sks chainboard. It's not perfect and might require some modifications to work, but it's pretty cool.
